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 110
... wedding cake . Planned for twenty guests , with three cream puffs per person , it will be a fairly tall set piece . The delivery boy should be here any minute . I'm getting married tonight , to myself . A sweet wedding . Our alliance ...
... wedding cake . Planned for twenty guests , with three cream puffs per person , it will be a fairly tall set piece . The delivery boy should be here any minute . I'm getting married tonight , to myself . A sweet wedding . Our alliance ...
Page 111
... wedding scene , what a beautiful piece of tragedy ! Just when the reader and wedding guests expect to hear the ritual and inevitable " yes , ” a man's voice is raised in the back of the church , declaring that the marriage between Jane ...
... wedding scene , what a beautiful piece of tragedy ! Just when the reader and wedding guests expect to hear the ritual and inevitable " yes , ” a man's voice is raised in the back of the church , declaring that the marriage between Jane ...
Page 114
... wedding march . As for me , I see , I hear , I speak . I speak the painful truth , the mother's milk of despair : impermanence and falsehood . Flanked by a guard of honor , my father smiles at his wife while my mother smiles at all the ...
... wedding march . As for me , I see , I hear , I speak . I speak the painful truth , the mother's milk of despair : impermanence and falsehood . Flanked by a guard of honor , my father smiles at his wife while my mother smiles at all the ...
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