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 5
Turned into a commemorative statue of myself by those outlandish outfits , I ' ve
participated in the odd ceremonial occasion along with other children just as ill at
ease as I was . A few photographs attest to my nascent monstrosity and my ...
Turned into a commemorative statue of myself by those outlandish outfits , I ' ve
participated in the odd ceremonial occasion along with other children just as ill at
ease as I was . A few photographs attest to my nascent monstrosity and my ...
Page 13
I ' ve turned my back on that golden cage and pledged my allegiance to base
lead , to sugar , to the earth that claims us all . CHAMPS - ELYSÉES . Passage du
Lido , with its lofty roof of opaque glass , the arcade bustling noisily like the deck
of ...
I ' ve turned my back on that golden cage and pledged my allegiance to base
lead , to sugar , to the earth that claims us all . CHAMPS - ELYSÉES . Passage du
Lido , with its lofty roof of opaque glass , the arcade bustling noisily like the deck
of ...
Page 72
I turned back into a stone , a sponge soaked in liquid lead , a magma of curdled
fat . Momentarily freed by alcohol from my usual pulpy state , I betrayed my
vocation for heaviness and am now suffering the consequences . I feel so
sluggish and ...
I turned back into a stone , a sponge soaked in liquid lead , a magma of curdled
fat . Momentarily freed by alcohol from my usual pulpy state , I betrayed my
vocation for heaviness and am now suffering the consequences . I feel so
sluggish and ...
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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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