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 75
Be sure to remember all your lines , so you can use them again somewhere else .
And stop eating , you ' ll never be able to digest all these cakes . ” He took my
advice , at least regarding the cakes . But he Alushed deeply . Suppressed anger
.
Be sure to remember all your lines , so you can use them again somewhere else .
And stop eating , you ' ll never be able to digest all these cakes . ” He took my
advice , at least regarding the cakes . But he Alushed deeply . Suppressed anger
.
Page 84
On the last page of the notebook , I wrote down these lines by André Breton while
the policeman watched : In Paris the tour Saint - Jacques trembling Like a
sunflower . I detached the page from the metal spiral ring by ring and handed it to
him ...
On the last page of the notebook , I wrote down these lines by André Breton while
the policeman watched : In Paris the tour Saint - Jacques trembling Like a
sunflower . I detached the page from the metal spiral ring by ring and handed it to
him ...
Page 94
Those closing lines written last night after Mama ' s visit were exhausting . Time is
never elastic with her , and so I wanted to stretch it out between each word just to
be certain that she had really been there , sitting in that armchair in front of me ...
Those closing lines written last night after Mama ' s visit were exhausting . Time is
never elastic with her , and so I wanted to stretch it out between each word just to
be certain that she had really been there , sitting in that armchair in front of me ...
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