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 10
And the fitting session was canceled because of anticipated weight loss . After I
left , I rushed to a pastry shop and ravenously devoured an enormous pudding
chock - full of raisins . Paris in the rain . Gleaming wet sidewalks . Water TO
SWEET ...
And the fitting session was canceled because of anticipated weight loss . After I
left , I rushed to a pastry shop and ravenously devoured an enormous pudding
chock - full of raisins . Paris in the rain . Gleaming wet sidewalks . Water TO
SWEET ...
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Instead , two hours tête - à - tête , a kind of fascination on his part with listening to
me talk about Russian literature between mouthfuls of napoleon pastry . I ' m
drooling over my feast , and he ' s drooling with admiration at the extent of my ...
Instead , two hours tête - à - tête , a kind of fascination on his part with listening to
me talk about Russian literature between mouthfuls of napoleon pastry . I ' m
drooling over my feast , and he ' s drooling with admiration at the extent of my ...
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With my figure , and my outstanding ugliness ? Zohra . Frangipane . Her neck as
creased as this flaky pastry , her kind eyes as sweet as this almond cream . Old
accomplice in my olfactory indiscretions . AT THE RENOIR EXHIBITION .
With my figure , and my outstanding ugliness ? Zohra . Frangipane . Her neck as
creased as this flaky pastry , her kind eyes as sweet as this almond cream . Old
accomplice in my olfactory indiscretions . AT THE RENOIR EXHIBITION .
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Bibliographic information
| 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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