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 55
effleurage — that light touch in massage and also that rare capacity of giving and
feeling everything in one gentle stroke . Lying flat on the fake marble tabletop ,
my fingers look like shameless sausages , pale and obscene , bunching up ...
effleurage — that light touch in massage and also that rare capacity of giving and
feeling everything in one gentle stroke . Lying flat on the fake marble tabletop ,
my fingers look like shameless sausages , pale and obscene , bunching up ...
Page 71
At first everything went fine . What I mean is , as usual . The crème de cassis
slipped down my throat in small swigs of syrupy velvet . Always fond of new
sensations , my tongue thoroughly enjoyed this soft , rich novelty . What was
inside my ...
At first everything went fine . What I mean is , as usual . The crème de cassis
slipped down my throat in small swigs of syrupy velvet . Always fond of new
sensations , my tongue thoroughly enjoyed this soft , rich novelty . What was
inside my ...
Page 106
I hate their screams , all screams , everything that shrieks and struggles and
fights , everything that pierces me to the heart , stabs at my memory and makes it
bleed bitterness . тоб Beneath the bougainvillea arbor , horrible , cold violence .
I hate their screams , all screams , everything that shrieks and struggles and
fights , everything that pierces me to the heart , stabs at my memory and makes it
bleed bitterness . тоб Beneath the bougainvillea arbor , horrible , cold violence .
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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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