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 . fixed forever on a single I ' ll never trail after them again . I '
m meridian . Strangely enough , the Student is interested in me .
with a thousand perfumes , my faithful , tender , old friend and accomplice , with
her everlasting smile . fixed forever on a single I ' ll never trail after them again . I '
m meridian . Strangely enough , the Student is interested in me .
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I ' ll hear pop music coming from the taxi ' s window . Coming closer , I ' ll notice
that the radio needs tuning , there ' s some static , and the taxi driver has dozed
off , leaning his head on the steering wheel . " Le Drugstore at Opéra , please !
I ' ll hear pop music coming from the taxi ' s window . Coming closer , I ' ll notice
that the radio needs tuning , there ' s some static , and the taxi driver has dozed
off , leaning his head on the steering wheel . " Le Drugstore at Opéra , please !
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... without noticing it because I ' m so short . There are two or three steps at the
entrance and a very narrow door . A few weeks from now , it ' ll be difficult for me
to squeeze through . There ' ll come a day when I won ' t be able to enter at all ; I '
ll ...
... without noticing it because I ' m so short . There are two or three steps at the
entrance and a very narrow door . A few weeks from now , it ' ll be difficult for me
to squeeze through . There ' ll come a day when I won ' t be able to enter at all ; I '
ll ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Sweet Death: A Novel |
| Author | Claude Tardat |
| Translated by | Linda Coverdale |
| Publisher | Overlook Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0879512911, 9780879512910 |
| Length | 130 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General |
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