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 39
... dessert whose success lay in a secret dose of tenderness and malice . Outside , endless water , a deluge , that I alone might live to tell my tale . A gray mist soon clouded up the tearoom windows , thus drawing a curtain over the ...
... dessert whose success lay in a secret dose of tenderness and malice . Outside , endless water , a deluge , that I alone might live to tell my tale . A gray mist soon clouded up the tearoom windows , thus drawing a curtain over the ...
Page 54
... dessert fork and spoon acquires the weight and patina of old silver . To brush back the heavy lock of brown hair that sometimes falls over his eye , he has a discreet gesture , very personal , that I would describe as princely . I sense ...
... dessert fork and spoon acquires the weight and patina of old silver . To brush back the heavy lock of brown hair that sometimes falls over his eye , he has a discreet gesture , very personal , that I would describe as princely . I sense ...
Page 85
... dessert that measured up to its name . Four twisted columns of baked meringue supporting a cloud of whipped cream over scoops of rainbow - hued sherbet swimming in a sea of liqueur . Cries of admiration greet the arrival of this ...
... dessert that measured up to its name . Four twisted columns of baked meringue supporting a cloud of whipped cream over scoops of rainbow - hued sherbet swimming in a sea of liqueur . Cries of admiration greet the arrival of this ...
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