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 49
... Perhaps he's unable to stem the tide of words flooding out of her ? Unless he's enjoying the show she's putting on . I couldn't care less about their life . And yet it hangs heavily over me , with all its weight of noise and ...
... Perhaps he's unable to stem the tide of words flooding out of her ? Unless he's enjoying the show she's putting on . I couldn't care less about their life . And yet it hangs heavily over me , with all its weight of noise and ...
Page 58
... Perhaps she doesn't exist , perhaps she's just an apparition ? Then she got up , sighing contentedly , and disappeared for good into another room to get dressed . That's when I took her place at the dressing table . All lined up on the ...
... Perhaps she doesn't exist , perhaps she's just an apparition ? Then she got up , sighing contentedly , and disappeared for good into another room to get dressed . That's when I took her place at the dressing table . All lined up on the ...
Page 100
... Perhaps Belgium is the land of sugared torpor , the land of bliss . Perhaps it would be good to die here . At this very moment in Paris , some people are discoursing on the theme of paternity in the works of Balzac , or of reverie in ...
... Perhaps Belgium is the land of sugared torpor , the land of bliss . Perhaps it would be good to die here . At this very moment in Paris , some people are discoursing on the theme of paternity in the works of Balzac , or of reverie in ...
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