Sweet Death: A NovelTold with dazzling narrative brilliance and the haunting power of an impassioned soliloquy, an astonishing parable of a woman's obsession of sweets and delicacies is seen. A novel of heartstopping intensity, black humor and passion not easily forgotten. |
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Page 44
I ' ll hear pop music coming from the taxi ' s window . Coming closer , I ' ll notice
that the radio needs tuning , there ' s some static , and the taxi driver has dozed
off , leaning his head on the steering wheel . “ Le Drugstore at Opéra , please !
I ' ll hear pop music coming from the taxi ' s window . Coming closer , I ' ll notice
that the radio needs tuning , there ' s some static , and the taxi driver has dozed
off , leaning his head on the steering wheel . “ Le Drugstore at Opéra , please !
Page 88
I ' ll go to Brussels . A very restless night . The effervescent anticipation of leaving
tomorrow morning . It ' s not the thought of seeing her again that keeps me from
sleeping , but rather the prospect of spending three hours in the train doing ...
I ' ll go to Brussels . A very restless night . The effervescent anticipation of leaving
tomorrow morning . It ' s not the thought of seeing her again that keeps me from
sleeping , but rather the prospect of spending three hours in the train doing ...
Page 113
Or maybe I ' ll provoke him , throw my anger in his face , show him what the
monster looks like , shove the monster down his throat , on my cookie -
crumbinfested rug , surrounded by my shelves loaded down with jams and jellies
and my ...
Or maybe I ' ll provoke him , throw my anger in his face , show him what the
monster looks like , shove the monster down his throat , on my cookie -
crumbinfested rug , surrounded by my shelves loaded down with jams and jellies
and my ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Sweet Death: A Novel |
| Author | Claude Tardat |
| Translated by | Linda Coverdale |
| Publisher | Overlook Press, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 29 Aug 2011 |
| ISBN | 0879512911, 9780879512910 |
| Length | 130 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General |
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