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 39
Outside , endless water , a deluge , that I alone might live to tell my tale . A gray
mist soon clouded up the tearoom windows , thus drawing a curtain over the
outside world . I was surrounded by the sweet warmth of fruit tarts and chocolates
.
Outside , endless water , a deluge , that I alone might live to tell my tale . A gray
mist soon clouded up the tearoom windows , thus drawing a curtain over the
outside world . I was surrounded by the sweet warmth of fruit tarts and chocolates
.
Page 72
... or else tell me the story of your brother scorpion who ' s napping a few words
away from you in the dictionary , you scarab , but you can ' t , coprophagous
insect , you ' re unable to feed me sunny stories about the joys of life , unable to
tell me ...
... or else tell me the story of your brother scorpion who ' s napping a few words
away from you in the dictionary , you scarab , but you can ' t , coprophagous
insect , you ' re unable to feed me sunny stories about the joys of life , unable to
tell me ...
Page 86
Who will tell the truth about what it ' s like to be overwhelmed by megalomaniac
breasts , to feel the squishiness of a flabby roll of fat , to flaunt the outrageous
indecency of a loudly gurgling belly ? Who will tell of the monster ' s complacency
in ...
Who will tell the truth about what it ' s like to be overwhelmed by megalomaniac
breasts , to feel the squishiness of a flabby roll of fat , to flaunt the outrageous
indecency of a loudly gurgling belly ? Who will tell of the monster ' s complacency
in ...
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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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