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 37
There ' s nothing like encountering the taste of sugar just as one ' s opening one '
s eyes to dispel the weight of bad dreams . I don ' t dream very much , as a rule .
At least , I don ' t retain any precise memory of the images that Aicker past in my ...
There ' s nothing like encountering the taste of sugar just as one ' s opening one '
s eyes to dispel the weight of bad dreams . I don ' t dream very much , as a rule .
At least , I don ' t retain any precise memory of the images that Aicker past in my ...
Page 113
... surrounded by my shelves loaded down with jams and jellies and my
chocolate - stained books , let him have a taste of her , here in this garbage dump
piled high with empty boxes and wrappers . He , Handsome , who has gone to so
much ...
... surrounded by my shelves loaded down with jams and jellies and my
chocolate - stained books , let him have a taste of her , here in this garbage dump
piled high with empty boxes and wrappers . He , Handsome , who has gone to so
much ...
Page 129
Heavy with chocolate , my tongue cleaves to the roof of my mouth , which is filled
with a rancid taste I can ' t get rid of . And what if this foul taste were to last forever
, throughout death ? And what if death were merely eternal insomnia in the ...
Heavy with chocolate , my tongue cleaves to the roof of my mouth , which is filled
with a rancid taste I can ' t get rid of . And what if this foul taste were to last forever
, throughout death ? And what if death were merely eternal insomnia in the ...
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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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