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 31
... burst of laughter as I pass by . Out of sight , out of mind . Back to their games again . Squabbles . Snowballs . Have my hands ever touched snow ? Just a fingertip , in London , to see how much it burns . But the charivari of snowball ...
... burst of laughter as I pass by . Out of sight , out of mind . Back to their games again . Squabbles . Snowballs . Have my hands ever touched snow ? Just a fingertip , in London , to see how much it burns . But the charivari of snowball ...
Page 82
... burst . I scraped off the pus dribbling down my neck with a privet leaf . The heart in my breast had burst too . Because of my mother , the Spaniard , and terrible violence . I ran far away so I wouldn't know any more of what had just ...
... burst . I scraped off the pus dribbling down my neck with a privet leaf . The heart in my breast had burst too . Because of my mother , the Spaniard , and terrible violence . I ran far away so I wouldn't know any more of what had just ...
Page 98
... burst out laughing and stroll off , arm in arm , gazing ecstatically up at the baroque elegance of the public square , glittering sumptuously in a flood of sunlight . The photographer is working so hard at it that only a few people pass ...
... burst out laughing and stroll off , arm in arm , gazing ecstatically up at the baroque elegance of the public square , glittering sumptuously in a flood of sunlight . The photographer is working so hard at it that only a few people pass ...
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