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
The Student ' s hand slides imperceptibly out to meet mine . The pearly
reflections on his fingernails without half - moons . They make a determined
progress toward faint contact . Deep in my mouth , the excited saliva withdraws
into more ...
The Student ' s hand slides imperceptibly out to meet mine . The pearly
reflections on his fingernails without half - moons . They make a determined
progress toward faint contact . Deep in my mouth , the excited saliva withdraws
into more ...
Page 58
Closing my eyes , I lifted off the top with a trembling hand and guessed the color
of the ointment from its perfume . I knew all of them and disliked only one . When
the lot fell on this bizarre mixture of cucumber and avocado , I cheated . I said the
...
Closing my eyes , I lifted off the top with a trembling hand and guessed the color
of the ointment from its perfume . I knew all of them and disliked only one . When
the lot fell on this bizarre mixture of cucumber and avocado , I cheated . I said the
...
Page 108
The book fell from my hands when the Spaniard tiptoed into my bedroom .
Nothing could have seemed more reasonable to me than his presence at my side
, and I thought it only natural that he should have taken off his shoes to make less
...
The book fell from my hands when the Spaniard tiptoed into my bedroom .
Nothing could have seemed more reasonable to me than his presence at my side
, and I thought it only natural that he should have taken off his shoes to make less
...
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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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