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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Moreover , the Beast has no other desire within her palace of sugar than to give
the lie to those fairy tales . She refuses the magic kiss that would mean release
from that shape of hers . The Student may transform everything he touches . But
he ...
Moreover , the Beast has no other desire within her palace of sugar than to give
the lie to those fairy tales . She refuses the magic kiss that would mean release
from that shape of hers . The Student may transform everything he touches . But
he ...
Page 112
Life hanging in the balance . Find a lie to make him go away , quickly . Stealing
my solitude . Say anything at all . That I ' ve got a fever , a contagious illness ,
whatever , my mother ' s arriving any minute , or the doctor , or the nurse , to give
me ...
Life hanging in the balance . Find a lie to make him go away , quickly . Stealing
my solitude . Say anything at all . That I ' ve got a fever , a contagious illness ,
whatever , my mother ' s arriving any minute , or the doctor , or the nurse , to give
me ...
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A Novel Claude Tardat. Every day I ' m startled by my own reflection : this
deformed monster is me . And I wonder if the most monstrous thing in all of this
might not be the look I give the monster . How many days without the strength to
write ?
A Novel Claude Tardat. Every day I ' m startled by my own reflection : this
deformed monster is me . And I wonder if the most monstrous thing in all of this
might not be the look I give the monster . How many days without the strength to
write ?
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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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