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 38
While I digest , I fall into a kind of hypnotic state in which the stain invariably
reminds me of a scorpion with its tail curled up . Sometimes I stare at it for so long
that it becomes a tiny bright point no bigger than a pinhead . My eyes grow dim
with ...
While I digest , I fall into a kind of hypnotic state in which the stain invariably
reminds me of a scorpion with its tail curled up . Sometimes I stare at it for so long
that it becomes a tiny bright point no bigger than a pinhead . My eyes grow dim
with ...
Page 55
Suddenly my hand snatches its sugary prey from the plate . And it ' s gobbled up
in no time . The Beast gets her back up whenever someone draws near . In her
beastly body , the Beast shelters neither a beautiful soul nor a charming princess
.
Suddenly my hand snatches its sugary prey from the plate . And it ' s gobbled up
in no time . The Beast gets her back up whenever someone draws near . In her
beastly body , the Beast shelters neither a beautiful soul nor a charming princess
.
Page 109
My sugary entrails writhed on the sand , a sallow , labyrinthine mass . No turtle
would want to feed any of it to its offspring . As it slowly bleaches under the
tropical sun , my carcass acquires the architectural consistency of meringue . A
close ...
My sugary entrails writhed on the sand , a sallow , labyrinthine mass . No turtle
would want to feed any of it to its offspring . As it slowly bleaches under the
tropical sun , my carcass acquires the architectural consistency of meringue . A
close ...
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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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