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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Mother maintains a stoical silence , however , never broaching the subject . We
have lunch together , just the two of us , chatting about literature . She gives me a
lesson in literary history right then and there . Followed by a tiresome fitting ...
Mother maintains a stoical silence , however , never broaching the subject . We
have lunch together , just the two of us , chatting about literature . She gives me a
lesson in literary history right then and there . Followed by a tiresome fitting ...
Page 51
No one suspects this : I find it amusing to be the object of awkward glances that
would rather avoid me altogether . Hiding behind their newspapers , the travelers
sought shelter in an uneasy and hypocritical silence 51 SWEET DEATH.
No one suspects this : I find it amusing to be the object of awkward glances that
would rather avoid me altogether . Hiding behind their newspapers , the travelers
sought shelter in an uneasy and hypocritical silence 51 SWEET DEATH.
Page 85
Then there is an almost religious silence , the silence of completely self -
preoccupied enjoyment . Some patrons are unable to finish this titanic dessert . I '
m the only one who orders seconds . The rain caught me right in front of a
bookstore .
Then there is an almost religious silence , the silence of completely self -
preoccupied enjoyment . Some patrons are unable to finish this titanic dessert . I '
m the only one who orders seconds . The rain caught me right in front of a
bookstore .
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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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