Candy Story - Marie Redonnet - Hardcover

Candy Storyrecounts a turbulent year in the life of Mia, a young woman whose apparent calm is perpetually threatened by inner doubts and outer catastrophe. Her modest dreams of happiness are dashed by the deaths of her mother, old friends, and her lover. Mia is a talented writer, the author of an autobiographical novel. Now, assailed by calamity and misfortune, she struggles with writer's block, confoundedat least for the momentby the senseless world around her. Candy Storyis the fourth novel by Marie Redonnet. Translations of the first threeHotel Splendid,Forever Valley, andRose Mellie Roseare also available from the University of Nebraska Press. In its unadorned prose and passionate focus on the inner life of a young woman, this fourth novel is unmistakably allied to the earlier ones. It will enthrall Redonnet's admirers and win new ones. Born in Paris in 1947, Redonnet taught for a number of years in a suburbanlyceebefore deciding to pursue a writing career full time. Since her volume of poetryLe Mort & Cieappeared in 1985, she has published four novels, a novella, numerous short stories, and three dramatic works.Redonnet, Marie is the author of 'Candy Story - Marie Redonnet - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780803239159 and ISBN 0803239157.