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
... 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 fights , never ...
... 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 fights , never ...
Page 93
... pass unnoticed , the Student marvels at the breathtaking , almost inhuman beauty of the woman , who bends down in a leisurely ripple of fabric to take a handful of dirt in her ungloved hand . This contact with what is to her a foreign ...
... pass unnoticed , the Student marvels at the breathtaking , almost inhuman beauty of the woman , who bends down in a leisurely ripple of fabric to take a handful of dirt in her ungloved hand . This contact with what is to her a foreign ...
Page 98
... pass up a chance to be immortalized on film . He's really lining his pockets selling those banal snapshots , clutter for vacation photo albums . From the café terrace where I've just consumed a mound of ice cream as baroque as my ...
... pass up a chance to be immortalized on film . He's really lining his pockets selling those banal snapshots , clutter for vacation photo albums . From the café terrace where I've just consumed a mound of ice cream as baroque as my ...
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