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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... beneath my bedroom window , while Mama plays a waltz on the drawing - room piano as the guests , sleepy with heat and alcohol , hum along out of tempo with the music , and I , thought by all to have surrendered to deepest sleep ...
... beneath my bedroom window , while Mama plays a waltz on the drawing - room piano as the guests , sleepy with heat and alcohol , hum along out of tempo with the music , and I , thought by all to have surrendered to deepest sleep ...
Page 39
... beneath a monsoon sky . I was comfortably ensconced on my warm banquette and needed only to summon the waiter to conjure up successive slices of that delicious apple tart named after the demoiselles Tatin . I imag- ined those ladies ...
... beneath a monsoon sky . I was comfortably ensconced on my warm banquette and needed only to summon the waiter to conjure up successive slices of that delicious apple tart named after the demoiselles Tatin . I imag- ined those ladies ...
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A Novel Claude Tardat. Beneath the bougainvillea arbor , horrible , cold violence . A cres- cendo of abrupt words I don't understand at all . My mother , beautiful at the height of her arrogance . The boil has taken over half my chin . I ...
A Novel Claude Tardat. Beneath the bougainvillea arbor , horrible , cold violence . A cres- cendo of abrupt words I don't understand at all . My mother , beautiful at the height of her arrogance . The boil has taken over half my chin . I ...
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