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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I keep my distance and my cool ; it creates an aura of gravity and wisdom .
Dostoyevsky , Tolstoy , Bulgakov , my nights crammed with reading , a sticky
mass of memories , I ' m an overweight seagull , Chekhov was a long time ago ,
one foggy ...
I keep my distance and my cool ; it creates an aura of gravity and wisdom .
Dostoyevsky , Tolstoy , Bulgakov , my nights crammed with reading , a sticky
mass of memories , I ' m an overweight seagull , Chekhov was a long time ago ,
one foggy ...
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I have a good laugh , but I keep it to myself . In my own way , am I not also a
masterpiece ? Brief daily examination . Before sitting down to write , I put an oval
mirror flat on the table , face up , in the precise spot where I usually open this ...
I have a good laugh , but I keep it to myself . In my own way , am I not also a
masterpiece ? Brief daily examination . Before sitting down to write , I put an oval
mirror flat on the table , face up , in the precise spot where I usually open this ...
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unable to find a valid reason for me , so go to bed , keep your blackamoor spit for
tomorrow , give up this drivel , have you taken a good look at my life , really
understood it , no , so shut up , go to sleep , useless pen , pack up your ridiculous
...
unable to find a valid reason for me , so go to bed , keep your blackamoor spit for
tomorrow , give up this drivel , have you taken a good look at my life , really
understood it , no , so shut up , go to sleep , useless pen , pack up your ridiculous
...
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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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