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 64
The flesh on my face is being dragged down by its own weight . My cheeks fall in
a flaccid mass , pigmented here and there with oily blackheads and red veinlets .
My eyes are disappearing into grayish - mauve swellings ; they ' ve already lost ...
The flesh on my face is being dragged down by its own weight . My cheeks fall in
a flaccid mass , pigmented here and there with oily blackheads and red veinlets .
My eyes are disappearing into grayish - mauve swellings ; they ' ve already lost ...
Page 109
... its envelope of spongy flesh . And now , to sleep for all eternity . And dream of
my skin ballooning and exploding in midair , with shreds like tattered pancakes
fluttering in slow motion down onto the faces of Mama and her friends , where
they ...
... its envelope of spongy flesh . And now , to sleep for all eternity . And dream of
my skin ballooning and exploding in midair , with shreds like tattered pancakes
fluttering in slow motion down onto the faces of Mama and her friends , where
they ...
Page 120
... either too hot or too cold in the room , and that for days I ' ve had a line from
Mallarmé singing in my head like a buzz saw : " The flesh is sad alas and I ' ve
read every book ” What is a state of mind ? Nothing more than a state of stomach
.
... either too hot or too cold in the room , and that for days I ' ve had a line from
Mallarmé singing in my head like a buzz saw : " The flesh is sad alas and I ' ve
read every book ” What is a state of mind ? Nothing more than a state of stomach
.
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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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