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I heard them choke with laughter , effeminate laughter , very piercing . While I
was climbing into the cab , one of them said , “ My goodness , she ' s right out of
Diane Arbus ! " The other one cackled even louder . They were obviously
laughing ...
I heard them choke with laughter , effeminate laughter , very piercing . While I
was climbing into the cab , one of them said , “ My goodness , she ' s right out of
Diane Arbus ! " The other one cackled even louder . They were obviously
laughing ...
Page 51
The little girl pretended to be choking and pressed her lips tightly together to
keep from bursting into laughter . She was funny . Myself , grotesque . But I know
it . And this experience gave me a certain feeling of euphoria . No one suspects
this ...
The little girl pretended to be choking and pressed her lips tightly together to
keep from bursting into laughter . She was funny . Myself , grotesque . But I know
it . And this experience gave me a certain feeling of euphoria . No one suspects
this ...
Page 52
the travelers sought shelter in an uneasy and hypocritical silence that we filled
with our laughter . A child ' s laughter is often contagious . But a monster who
dares to have fun — that ' s inconvenient , that keeps people from letting go and ...
the travelers sought shelter in an uneasy and hypocritical silence that we filled
with our laughter . A child ' s laughter is often contagious . But a monster who
dares to have fun — that ' s inconvenient , that keeps people from letting go and ...
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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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