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Mian Mian (Chinese: 棉棉; pinyin: mián mian, born 28 August 1970 in Shanghai) is a Chinese Post 70s Generation novelist. She writes on China's once-taboo topics, and she is a promoter of Shanghai's local music.
Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America is a 2004 non-fiction book written by Steve Almond.It is about a trip that he took in which he searched for candy bars made by small companies. [1]
Many of the characters from A Visit from the Goon Squad appear in The Candy House, in addition to some of their children. For the most part, The Candy House takes place at a later time period and some of the stories include science-fiction themes. [1] [3] [5] [6]
Davies says: "... the character Candy is a two-dimensional approximation of the narrator's desires, obsessions and his inability to see the truth at any deep level". [2] In the second part of the book, as the narrator and Candy meet tragedy through the loss of their unborn child and Candy's mental breakdown , the story explores the themes of ...
Kyoko Mizuki (水木 杏子, Mizuki Kyōko) is one of the pen names of Keiko Nagita (名木田 恵子, Nagita Keiko, born November 28, 1949), a Japanese writer who is best known for being the author of the manga and anime series Candy Candy. Kyoko Mizuki won the Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shōjo Manga for Candy Candy in 1977 with Yumiko ...
My Face for the World to See (full title: My Face for the World to See: The Diaries, Letters, and Drawings of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar) is the published diaries of Warhol superstar Candy Darling. The book is made up of several edited diary entries written at different times and in different journals throughout Darling's short life.
Candy is a 1958 novel written by Maxwell Kenton, the pseudonym of Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, who wrote it in collaboration for the "dirty book" publisher Olympia Press, which published the novel as part of its "Traveller's Companion" series. [1] According to Hoffenberg, Terry Southern and I wrote Candy for the money. Olympia Press ...
Kirkus also noted that the novel includes "a group of believable secondary characters—though they’re somewhat melodramatic in their thoughts and actions". [3] Publishers Weekly also highlighted Floss's relationship with her father, who is " fully dimensional in all his flaws" and ,"whose love for his daughter often clouds his judgment".