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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My body would then drift along a river of syrup , at whose mouth death would
bring an end to the sticky elasticity of Sundays . I would float in the sweetness of
eternal honey , a candied island released into weightlessness . What should I do
?
My body would then drift along a river of syrup , at whose mouth death would
bring an end to the sticky elasticity of Sundays . I would float in the sweetness of
eternal honey , a candied island released into weightlessness . What should I do
?
Page 47
It ' s a sign that they haven ' t evacuated all the bodies from this temple of
intellectual ferment . The noble body . The body beautiful , to be molded in
accordance with the rediscovered standards of antiquity . The athletic body , to be
displayed in ...
It ' s a sign that they haven ' t evacuated all the bodies from this temple of
intellectual ferment . The noble body . The body beautiful , to be molded in
accordance with the rediscovered standards of antiquity . The athletic body , to be
displayed in ...
Page 120
Once I overheard her talking to one of her girlfriends : “ I was lucky , motherhood
didn ' t leave any marks on me , I still have the body of a young girl . And not one
vibex ! ” I looked in the encyclopedia to find out what a vibex was . A stretch mark
...
Once I overheard her talking to one of her girlfriends : “ I was lucky , motherhood
didn ' t leave any marks on me , I still have the body of a young girl . And not one
vibex ! ” I looked in the encyclopedia to find out what a vibex was . A stretch mark
...
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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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