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 3
The moviegoers lined up for the next showing would see a real fright pass by ,
crammed into her skintight stretch clothes the color of a dirty bib . When the lights
came on , I went to expose myself to the avalanche of curious looks . There they ...
The moviegoers lined up for the next showing would see a real fright pass by ,
crammed into her skintight stretch clothes the color of a dirty bib . When the lights
came on , I went to expose myself to the avalanche of curious looks . There they ...
Page 17
My nails in every color of the rainbow . Mama ' s well - manicured hands . The
strong , heady odor of her nail polish . And what if I woke up skinny , or simply
slender , or just barely pudgy ? Nightmare . What would become of me without
my life ...
My nails in every color of the rainbow . Mama ' s well - manicured hands . The
strong , heady odor of her nail polish . And what if I woke up skinny , or simply
slender , or just barely pudgy ? Nightmare . What would become of me without
my life ...
Page 64
My lips are pendulous , fleshy , greedy wads , the color of all the jams I ' ve licked
off them , a relaxed sucker that gapes gluttonously in an implicit appeal for sugar .
Soon my cheeks will meet in the middle to form two clumsy buttocks , burying ...
My lips are pendulous , fleshy , greedy wads , the color of all the jams I ' ve licked
off them , a relaxed sucker that gapes gluttonously in an implicit appeal for sugar .
Soon my cheeks will meet in the middle to form two clumsy buttocks , burying ...
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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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