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 32
... feel like licking the tanned bodies of women on magazine covers , until I feel sick . Then I buy myself some caramel lol- lipops . As I nibble , memories crop up . The year of the baccalaureate exam . No more tête - à - têtes with Mama ...
... feel like licking the tanned bodies of women on magazine covers , until I feel sick . Then I buy myself some caramel lol- lipops . As I nibble , memories crop up . The year of the baccalaureate exam . No more tête - à - têtes with Mama ...
Page 59
... feel up to going outside and am dipping into my supplies . Constant nibbling , my only music . Stomach working away tirelessly — what impressive stamina . The cookie wrappers are piling up around the table and bed . Must force myself to ...
... feel up to going outside and am dipping into my supplies . Constant nibbling , my only music . Stomach working away tirelessly — what impressive stamina . The cookie wrappers are piling up around the table and bed . Must force myself to ...
Page 100
... feel light underneath my fat , as when one has just squeezed out the pale little worm of a blackhead . In- explicable satiety and the agreeable feeling of being right where I ought to be . Perhaps Belgium is the land of sugared torpor ...
... feel light underneath my fat , as when one has just squeezed out the pale little worm of a blackhead . In- explicable satiety and the agreeable feeling of being right where I ought to be . Perhaps Belgium is the land of sugared torpor ...
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