Аннотация: The distribution of attention. Book by Katherine Pancol "Behind The Glossy Facade: Jackie Kennedy, 1929-1994". A literary note.
The distribution of attention. The book by Katherine Pancol "Behind The Glossy Facade: Jackie Kennedy, 1929-1994". A literary note.
Acquaintance with the book about Jackie Kennedy [Katherine Pancol Une si belle image: Jackie Kennedy, 1929-1994] [Катрин Панколь 'За глянцевым фасадом: Джеки Кеннеди, 1929-1994'] prompts to express thoughts about the mystical and magical component of the life of the main heroine of the book.
But the lava has not cooled yet.
It is more prudent to stop and choose a simpler presentation scheme.
What does a 'simple' person know about Jacqueline Kennedy?
Jacqueline Kennedy - wife of the 35th President of the United States, First Lady of the United States.
The obvious advantage of Katherine Pancol's book is that the description of the family relationship of John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline does not outweigh the descriptions of all other periods of Jacqueline Bouvier's life.
The attention of the author, Katherine Pancol, is more or more evenly distributed between different periods of life of Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy-Onassis.
Particularly interesting for the reader of the this book is the period of life of Jacqueline Bouvier, which predates the first marriage of the future First Lady.
The reader sees an extraordinary personality. Creative skills. Endurance. Ability to study. Great intuition. A courage. The ability to keep the right distance in relationships with members of the opposite sex. And many other positive qualities.
Where did these qualities come from in a girl from a partly prosperous, partly dysfunctional, wealthy family?
Katherine Pancol believes that the source of many outstanding qualities of the main character of the book is the love for Jacqueline (and her younger sister) from their father - businessman Bouvier ...
Father was pampering his daughters ... Is the huge love for daughters from the side of a not very deep and not very successful person - is this a source of Jacqueline's outstanding personal qualities?
Katherine Pancol mentions more than once Jacqueline Bouvier's penchant for books, for reading ... Many prominent people have awakened their abilities through reading ...
Katherine Pancol disputes the version about the origin of Jacqueline Bouvier from some high-ranking persons from medieval France ...
One way or another, Jacqueline Bouvier, the girl with outstanding abilities and with her special outlook on life was entering into an adulthood ...
The theme of religiosity Jacqueline Bouvier in the book is set out extremely shortly, in a minimal volume ...
It seems that the author, Katherine Pancol, herself is surprised when she (regardless of her own will?) sets out biographical details which are leading to thoughts about mysticism, about the presence of Jacqueline Bouvier's ability to see, to foresee the future.
Katherine Pancol prefers the term 'a perspicacity' ('political insight') ["a visionary" ("political visionary")].
The corresponding biographical details appearing on the pages of the book, the author herself seems to us to perceive with some surprise. "Sometimes [Jacqueline, a university graduate, an aspiring journalist who 's not married yet, composes questions] is explicitly strange ones: (...) "A spouse (wife) is a luxury item or a necessity item?," Which of the First Ladies would you like to be?, "Should a candidate 's wife be on the campaign trail with her husband?," If you had a date with Marilyn Monroe, what would you talk to her about? "..."
Under a certain angle, the destiny of Jacqueline Bouvier gives the impression of a mystical biography. Book by Katherine Pancol "Behind The Glossy Facade: Jackie Kennedy, 1929-1994" gives (regardless of the desire of Katherine Pancol) a basis for such a point of view - some readers may have such opinion.
This book - is high-quality, well-done work. An attempt by one modern woman to write about another modern woman? It's not so easy to understand a modern European woman! Even if another modern European woman writes about her ...
'She confidentially informs de Gaulle that she had read his memoirs. And in French! The general takes important posture and removes his glasses. '
Good book! Easy to read it; many interesting details. A significant, huge amount of information was used.
April 25, 2020 19:15
Translation from Russian into English: April 26, 2020 07:52.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Распределение внимания. Книга Катрин Панколь 'За глянцевым фасадом: Джеки Кеннеди, 1929-1994'. Литературная заметка'.