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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with a thousand perfumes , my faithful , tender , old friend and accomplice , with
her everlasting smile . I ' ll never trail after them again . I ' m fixed forever on a
single meridian . Strangely enough , the Student is interested in me .
with a thousand perfumes , my faithful , tender , old friend and accomplice , with
her everlasting smile . I ' ll never trail after them again . I ' m fixed forever on a
single meridian . Strangely enough , the Student is interested in me .
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To talk , dance , smile ? Must I become that languid and cooing young woman
leaning up against a man beneath my bedroom window , while Mama plays a
waltz on the drawing - room piano as the guests , sleepy with heat and alcohol ,
hum ...
To talk , dance , smile ? Must I become that languid and cooing young woman
leaning up against a man beneath my bedroom window , while Mama plays a
waltz on the drawing - room piano as the guests , sleepy with heat and alcohol ,
hum ...
Page 125
He knows how to smile . Well , let him love life and make the best of it . I would '
ve liked to have told him that , very simply , without bitterness , somewhere other
than within these walls , in this revolting room . Sitting on a corner banquette 125
...
He knows how to smile . Well , let him love life and make the best of it . I would '
ve liked to have told him that , very simply , without bitterness , somewhere other
than within these walls , in this revolting room . Sitting on a corner banquette 125
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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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