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 11
Paris in the rain . Gleaming wet sidewalks . Water pouring endlessly down the
window of the café where I ' ve settled in to write . I finished my big cup of frothy
hot chocolate long ago . The last drop lies on the edge of the saucer like a beauty
...
Paris in the rain . Gleaming wet sidewalks . Water pouring endlessly down the
window of the café where I ' ve settled in to write . I finished my big cup of frothy
hot chocolate long ago . The last drop lies on the edge of the saucer like a beauty
...
Page 101
Time to think about going back to Paris . Because its shell is the place where they
should find the big , flabby , milk - white mussel that wanted to become even
larger than a whale . For the return trip : a supply of white chocolate . A long
licorice ...
Time to think about going back to Paris . Because its shell is the place where they
should find the big , flabby , milk - white mussel that wanted to become even
larger than a whale . For the return trip : a supply of white chocolate . A long
licorice ...
Page 102
Not far to Paris now . The Student is there , somewhere . His beautiful hands , the
hands of a pianist . His large , dark eyes . Think about nothing but sugar . I haven
' t been back to class since my 102 SWEET DEATH Not far to Paris now.
Not far to Paris now . The Student is there , somewhere . His beautiful hands , the
hands of a pianist . His large , dark eyes . Think about nothing but sugar . I haven
' t been back to class since my 102 SWEET DEATH Not far to Paris now.
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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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