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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A Novel Claude Tardat. I didn't exist anymore . Cans of fruit salad and cream of chestnuts floated around me , an aerial ... anymore , you're crossing out , yawn- ing , filling in the ovals , the looping ascenders and descenders in the ...
A Novel Claude Tardat. I didn't exist anymore . Cans of fruit salad and cream of chestnuts floated around me , an aerial ... anymore , you're crossing out , yawn- ing , filling in the ovals , the looping ascenders and descenders in the ...
Page 105
... anymore , cloth- ing that no longer fits , sweets piling up here and there from my shopping trips , empty cookie boxes , papers I should have thrown out long ago . A stack of cans containing fruit in heavy syrup was blocking my view of ...
... anymore , cloth- ing that no longer fits , sweets piling up here and there from my shopping trips , empty cookie boxes , papers I should have thrown out long ago . A stack of cans containing fruit in heavy syrup was blocking my view of ...
Page 122
... anymore . Perhaps they're away on vacation . I haven't seen anyone out in the hall . Each to his own little routine , the small pleasures , the shameful diseases , the ration of sugar in the coffee cup . The toilet at the end of the ...
... anymore . Perhaps they're away on vacation . I haven't seen anyone out in the hall . Each to his own little routine , the small pleasures , the shameful diseases , the ration of sugar in the coffee cup . The toilet at the end of the ...
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