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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And yet I ' ve got what it takes to brave the rigors of winter : a beautiful wolfskin
jacket Mama gave to Zohra when she grew tired of it . A grotesque and
superfluous present , since the poor old Berber woman had no use for it . This
Eskimo item ...
And yet I ' ve got what it takes to brave the rigors of winter : a beautiful wolfskin
jacket Mama gave to Zohra when she grew tired of it . A grotesque and
superfluous present , since the poor old Berber woman had no use for it . This
Eskimo item ...
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Zohra has stolen away . Been stolen from me . Zohra , who for the first time in her
life is mistaken in her naive belief that we ' ll see each other again soon . Zohra
the overconfident , who stifles her misgivings , the instinct of a faithful old animal ...
Zohra has stolen away . Been stolen from me . Zohra , who for the first time in her
life is mistaken in her naive belief that we ' ll see each other again soon . Zohra
the overconfident , who stifles her misgivings , the instinct of a faithful old animal ...
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Old Zohra was always part of the baggage we lugged from country to country . My
mother says she still employs her because that woman has a magic touch for
washing silk and satin underclothes . All the others , the laundresses from ...
Old Zohra was always part of the baggage we lugged from country to country . My
mother says she still employs her because that woman has a magic touch for
washing silk and satin underclothes . All the others , the laundresses from ...
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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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