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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A Novel Claude Tardat. PQ 2680 A68 M613 1988 C . 2 WEET DEATH A NOVEL
BY CLAUDE TARDAT TRANSLATED FROM THE. Front Cover.
A Novel Claude Tardat. PQ 2680 A68 M613 1988 C . 2 WEET DEATH A NOVEL
BY CLAUDE TARDAT TRANSLATED FROM THE. Front Cover.
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And while I ' m busy writing , with a delicious frangipane sitting on the table in
front of me , the other customers in the tearoom must be thinking , as my mother
used to remark to me on the plane , that I could learn to be a little more discreet .
And while I ' m busy writing , with a delicious frangipane sitting on the table in
front of me , the other customers in the tearoom must be thinking , as my mother
used to remark to me on the plane , that I could learn to be a little more discreet .
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Time is never elastic with her , and so I wanted to stretch it out between each
word just to be certain that she had really been there , sitting in that armchair in
front of me a few moments before . The hours slipped by , sugar quite forgotten .
Time is never elastic with her , and so I wanted to stretch it out between each
word just to be certain that she had really been there , sitting in that armchair in
front of me a few moments before . The hours slipped by , sugar quite forgotten .
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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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