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 13
This evening I ' ve embarked on a sugary crossing over oceans of ice cream . My
digestion will carefully evaluate every dessert on the menu . This is the life , real
life , bathed in a light that glints on the brasswork and makes the peach Melba ...
This evening I ' ve embarked on a sugary crossing over oceans of ice cream . My
digestion will carefully evaluate every dessert on the menu . This is the life , real
life , bathed in a light that glints on the brasswork and makes the peach Melba ...
Page 18
Everything turns up in a spray can : insecticide , shaving cream , toothpaste ,
hairspray , paint , soap , mineral water , perfume , deodorant . . . even whipped
cream . Whipped cream in the privacy of your own home at the touch of a finger !
Everything turns up in a spray can : insecticide , shaving cream , toothpaste ,
hairspray , paint , soap , mineral water , perfume , deodorant . . . even whipped
cream . Whipped cream in the privacy of your own home at the touch of a finger !
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I could say that I ' m eating heavy cakes dripping with honey and cream filling ,
that I steal them from the display case in a pastry shop while the confectioner is at
the oven concocting his sugary inventions , kneading various doughs , mixing ...
I could say that I ' m eating heavy cakes dripping with honey and cream filling ,
that I steal them from the display case in a pastry shop while the confectioner is at
the oven concocting his sugary inventions , kneading various doughs , mixing ...
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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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