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 45
... Thousand and One Nights on the cover . Halvah ! I had just been dreaming
about some an hour before , in this very notebook . They say that giving a name
to things summons them into existence . Perhaps . Would death come any sooner
if I ...
... Thousand and One Nights on the cover . Halvah ! I had just been dreaming
about some an hour before , in this very notebook . They say that giving a name
to things summons them into existence . Perhaps . Would death come any sooner
if I ...
Page 66
Who would begrudge me my desire to mix pleasure with necessity in the slow
preparation of my death ? Scholarly analyses of Proust ' s famous madeleine
ought to have made me sick of them forever , though . Just the other day , the
Student ...
Who would begrudge me my desire to mix pleasure with necessity in the slow
preparation of my death ? Scholarly analyses of Proust ' s famous madeleine
ought to have made me sick of them forever , though . Just the other day , the
Student ...
Page 75
I had worked out my plan for a slow death so carefully , I ' d thought of everything .
. . except the unthinkable , the unexpected , the intrusion of a stranger who would
become intrigued by my project and try to dissuade me from it . " You don ' t ...
I had worked out my plan for a slow death so carefully , I ' d thought of everything .
. . except the unthinkable , the unexpected , the intrusion of a stranger who would
become intrigued by my project and try to dissuade me from it . " You don ' t ...
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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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