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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... ugly . Ugly by default . Dull . Neutral . Neither interest nor boredom lit a gleam in my eyes . What was missing was a smile . " What's the point of putting on lipstick if you can't manage a smile ? " Mama's right . As it happens , I've ...
... ugly . Ugly by default . Dull . Neutral . Neither interest nor boredom lit a gleam in my eyes . What was missing was a smile . " What's the point of putting on lipstick if you can't manage a smile ? " Mama's right . As it happens , I've ...
Page 75
A Novel Claude Tardat. And he became so ugly in my fantasy , so grotesque , that I was the one who cried uncle , out of consideration for his beauty . " What are you trying to prove ? " I asked him . " I don't need a mirror . I look at ...
A Novel Claude Tardat. And he became so ugly in my fantasy , so grotesque , that I was the one who cried uncle , out of consideration for his beauty . " What are you trying to prove ? " I asked him . " I don't need a mirror . I look at ...
Page 98
... ugly , sticking her hand into a package of cookies on the platform of the Saint - Michel métro station . A slob unwelcome in chic tea- rooms . The dregs of humanity riding an elevator in the fash- ionable XVIth arrondissement . A ...
... ugly , sticking her hand into a package of cookies on the platform of the Saint - Michel métro station . A slob unwelcome in chic tea- rooms . The dregs of humanity riding an elevator in the fash- ionable XVIth arrondissement . A ...
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