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 83
... memory . Taking no more dictation from some bossy and lo- quacious inner voice . Listening only to the mechanism of the ruminating body . Respiratory hissing . Suction . Deglutition . Borborygm . Hiccups . Eructation . Candy apple ...
... memory . Taking no more dictation from some bossy and lo- quacious inner voice . Listening only to the mechanism of the ruminating body . Respiratory hissing . Suction . Deglutition . Borborygm . Hiccups . Eructation . Candy apple ...
Page 98
... memory he holds out to them between thumb and forefinger like a dirty handkerchief . And me , what trace will I leave behind ? How will I live on in human memory ? A fat woman encountered on a sidewalk , forcing people to step aside ...
... memory he holds out to them between thumb and forefinger like a dirty handkerchief . And me , what trace will I leave behind ? How will I live on in human memory ? A fat woman encountered on a sidewalk , forcing people to step aside ...
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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