Sweet Death: A NovelOverlook Press, 1987 - 130 pages Told 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 78
... bougainvillea arbor was alive with the humming of insects . The embassy gardens were deserted . It was siesta time . Mama was lying down on a chaise longue , her eyes half closed , her arms draped over the sides of the chair , her legs ...
... bougainvillea arbor was alive with the humming of insects . The embassy gardens were deserted . It was siesta time . Mama was lying down on a chaise longue , her eyes half closed , her arms draped over the sides of the chair , her legs ...
Page 79
... bougainvilleas , right behind Mama . A man in a light suit . The Spaniard . I recognized him immediately . And yet I'd seen him only once before : a memorable occasion . I was very young at the time . Zohra was supposed to put me to bed ...
... bougainvilleas , right behind Mama . A man in a light suit . The Spaniard . I recognized him immediately . And yet I'd seen him only once before : a memorable occasion . I was very young at the time . Zohra was supposed to put me to bed ...
Page 106
... , everything that shrieks and struggles and fights , everything that pierces me to the heart , stabs at my memory and makes it bleed bitterness . Beneath the bougainvillea arbor , horrible , cold violence . 106 SWEET DEATH.
... , everything that shrieks and struggles and fights , everything that pierces me to the heart , stabs at my memory and makes it bleed bitterness . Beneath the bougainvillea arbor , horrible , cold violence . 106 SWEET DEATH.
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