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 49
Perhaps he ' s unable to stem the tide of words flooding out of her ? Unless he ' s
enjoying the show she ' s putting on . I couldn ' t care less about their life . And yet
it hangs heavily over me , with all its weight of noise and indiscretion .
Perhaps he ' s unable to stem the tide of words flooding out of her ? Unless he ' s
enjoying the show she ' s putting on . I couldn ' t care less about their life . And yet
it hangs heavily over me , with all its weight of noise and indiscretion .
Page 58
I thought : Perhaps she doesn ' t exist , perhaps she ' s just an apparition ? Then
she got up , sighing contentedly , and disappeared for good into another room to
get dressed . That ' s when I took her place at the dressing table . All lined up on ...
I thought : Perhaps she doesn ' t exist , perhaps she ' s just an apparition ? Then
she got up , sighing contentedly , and disappeared for good into another room to
get dressed . That ' s when I took her place at the dressing table . All lined up on ...
Page 100
Perhaps Belgium is the land of sugared torpor , the land of bliss . Perhaps it
would be good to die here . At this very moment in Paris , some people are
discoursing on the theme of paternity in the works of Balzac , or of reverie in
those of Jean ...
Perhaps Belgium is the land of sugared torpor , the land of bliss . Perhaps it
would be good to die here . At this very moment in Paris , some people are
discoursing on the theme of paternity in the works of Balzac , or of reverie in
those of Jean ...
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| 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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