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Katherine Pancol |
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Sometimes one is
looking for a book after hearing about it from friends or
reading in a literature magazine, but then feels disappointed:
Why were they so exited about it? Katherine Pancol's name was
absolutely unknown for me...and I expected nothing from a new
writer.
May be just
this unexpected surprise made my pleasure double. It was a book
written just for me. So many thoughts and ideas about life and
relationships sounded like mines only designed with clear words,
which I couldn't find before. Pancol has a rare gift to write
things interesting for either women or men. Find any of her
novels and you'll see!
Irina |
I was born in
Morocco, in Casablanca. I grew up under
the palm trees of Media.
Then back to France, to literary studies (masters and a two year
doctorate of modern literature), teaching French and Latin, odd
jobs, then one day… a fairy godmother waved her magic wand, I
became a journalist.
I wrote for magazines (Paris Match and Cosmopolitan). My first
words printed black on white. A publisher spotted me and asked
me to write a novel. A novel,… me?!! Impossible!
That was " Moi d’abord " in 1979. A bolt out of the blue and
success with it. I rushed off to New York to get over it. But
writing caught up with me and along came " La Barbare " in 1981.
Then, still in New York, " Scarlett, si possible "
and " Les hommes cruels ne courent pas les rues ".
I got to like writing and the life that goes with it. I no
longer have any choice. It’s the only thing I can do, the only
thing I know how to. Except kids. A girl first then a boy. I
marry, then divorce. Move in one place, then move out. So banal!
I go on writing.
Books (" Vu de l’exterieur " , "Encore une danse", " Une si
belle image ", " J’etais la avant"). And articles. For
Paris-Match. It lets you see people and places. Ten days in
Manchester on the heels of Cantona or a week in an American
prison in death row.
I interview Reagan, Jospin, Chirac or Meryl Streep, Vanessa
Paradis, Louise Brooks. Taking notes, all the time. I fill
myself up with my interviews, my travels. I still work at home.
On a novel or an interview. There’s no-one to neglect: you’re
always taking stock when you observe, you learn. I love to
learn. " People always learn as they grow old ", said the old
and wise Solon.
From the official site of Katherine Pancol
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