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 9
Rome . A cream tart and an almond pastry will be my supper treats tonight . The
family apartment . Always deserted whenever I go there . My father ' s never
around . He ' s off being diplomatic somewhere , probably to avoid me . At least I
have ...
Rome . A cream tart and an almond pastry will be my supper treats tonight . The
family apartment . Always deserted whenever I go there . My father ' s never
around . He ' s off being diplomatic somewhere , probably to avoid me . At least I
have ...
Page 15
He hadn ' t noticed me standing there . At other times , when she went to the
opera or the theater , she draped a fox piece around her shoulders . The three
heads stared at me contemptuously with their little glass eyes . " Always following
me ...
He hadn ' t noticed me standing there . At other times , when she went to the
opera or the theater , she draped a fox piece around her shoulders . The three
heads stared at me contemptuously with their little glass eyes . " Always following
me ...
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There ' s a Viennese pastry shop I didn ' t know about . The Student took me there
. The shop window where the cakes are displayed is raised unusually high off the
sidewalk . I passed by many times without noticing it because I ' m so short .
There ' s a Viennese pastry shop I didn ' t know about . The Student took me there
. The shop window where the cakes are displayed is raised unusually high off the
sidewalk . I passed by many times without noticing it because I ' m so short .
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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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