The Slow Waltz of Turtles by Katherine Pancol (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Slow Waltz of Turtles by Katherine Pancol, the sequel to the hit novel The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles. This new instalment is just as action-packed as its predecessor and features many of the same captivating characters, including the talented but self-doubting Joséphine, her headstrong daughter Hortense, her overbearing mother Henriette and her manipulative, self-centred sister Iris. Following the success of her debut novel A Most Humble Queen, Joséphine is now living in the heart of Paris and seems to have moved on from her husband’s sudden death thanks to her burgeoning relationship with the handsome Luca, but a series of grisly murders and her increasingly close relationship with her brother-in-law Philippe soon turn her mundane, peaceful life upside-down. Katherine Pancol is a bestselling French author who has published over 15 novels to date. In the English-speaking world she is best-known for The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles and its sequel, The Slow Waltz of Turtles.
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French novelist
Born in Casablanca (Morocco) in 1954.
Notable works:
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles (2006), novel
The Slow Waltz of Turtles (2008), novel
Katherine Pancol was born in Morocco in 1954 and moved to France at the age of five. Early on in her career, she worked as a French and Latin teacher and then as a journalist, before meeting a publisher who encouraged her to write a novel. The resulting book, entitled Moi d’abord (Me First
), was published in 1979. The following year, Pancol moved to New York to take creative writ-ing classes at Columbia University. She wrote three novels during her time in the USA, before returning to France, where she devoted herself to writing full-time.
Pancol has published over 15 novels to date, two of which have been translated into English (The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles, 2006 and The Slow Waltz of Turtles, 2008). Along with Les écureuils de Central Park sont tristes le lundi (The Squirrels in Central Park are Sad on Mondays
, 2010), these novels form a bestselling trilogy. She has also written another trilogy, Muchachas (Spanish for girls
), which feature some of the same characters.
The trials and tribulations of everyday life
Genre: novel
Reference edition: Pancol, K. (2016) The Slow Waltz of Turtles. Trans. Rodarmor, W. New York: Penguin.
1st edition: 2008
Themes: