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 17
What would become of me without my life preservers , my Cocoon of lard that
keeps the world at a distance like a protective bumper ? And Mama , the look on
her face if my figure were suddenly to become more like her own , and my face
even ...
What would become of me without my life preservers , my Cocoon of lard that
keeps the world at a distance like a protective bumper ? And Mama , the look on
her face if my figure were suddenly to become more like her own , and my face
even ...
Page 33
Must I become that languid and cooing young woman leaning up against a man
beneath my bedroom window , while Mama plays a waltz on the drawing - room
piano as the guests , sleepy with heat and alcohol , hum along out of tempo with
...
Must I become that languid and cooing young woman leaning up against a man
beneath my bedroom window , while Mama plays a waltz on the drawing - room
piano as the guests , sleepy with heat and alcohol , hum along out of tempo with
...
Page 37
It seemed necessary to me , from time immemorial , that I should disappear from
the face of the earth . And soon there was nothing left of my mortal coil , my
assailants , or the storm . I had become the spirit of the ocean . At that instant
someone ...
It seemed necessary to me , from time immemorial , that I should disappear from
the face of the earth . And soon there was nothing left of my mortal coil , my
assailants , or the storm . I had become the spirit of the ocean . At that instant
someone ...
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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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