The Rainbow Beyond the Soul: Reflecting the Diplomat’s Profession and Personality
The Rainbow Beyond the Soul: Reflecting the Diplomat’s Profession and Personality

Summary/Abstract: This article is dedicated to an analysis of the novel of diplomacy, titled “The Rainbow Beyond the Soul”, written by Milan Jazbec, from a diplomatic point of view. The main protagonist of the novel is a Slovenian ambassador, who, in addition to a successful career in diplomacy, turns out to be equally successful in literature, thus being author of six novels. The analysis of the novel begins with the specification of the key characteristics of the profession of diplomacy and diplomatic protocol. Secondly, the ambassador’s personality is described, as an attempt to better understand the importance and challenges of working at the United Nations, the way how careful a diplomat should be in communication, but also another issue that has an impact on the diplomat’s profession, which is the marital status. In the end, it is explained how the ambassador reaches the grand stages of the Nobel Prize, but not for peace, but for literature, thanks to his novel “The Face Without Mirror”, whose successes had exceeded his expectations.

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