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 33
To talk , dance , smile ? Must I become that languid and cooing young woman
leaning up against a man beneath my bedroom window , while Mama plays a
waltz on the drawing - room piano as the guests , sleepy with heat and alcohol ,
hum ...
To talk , dance , smile ? Must I become that languid and cooing young woman
leaning up against a man beneath my bedroom window , while Mama plays a
waltz on the drawing - room piano as the guests , sleepy with heat and alcohol ,
hum ...
Page 86
Frozen in impeccable red , Mama ' s smile floated in state at a vertiginous height .
Her eyes , outlined in black , shone like inaccessible stars fallen into the empty
orbs of a statue on a pedestal . As for my father , that tall blond fellow of Viking ...
Frozen in impeccable red , Mama ' s smile floated in state at a vertiginous height .
Her eyes , outlined in black , shone like inaccessible stars fallen into the empty
orbs of a statue on a pedestal . As for my father , that tall blond fellow of Viking ...
Page 93
In this silent and furtive exchange , he thinks he detects the satisfaction of
gratified pride , the subtle signal of an invitation , the shadow of an acquiescent
smile . He stands there in a daze , halfway between rapture and fright , and
stupidly ...
In this silent and furtive exchange , he thinks he detects the satisfaction of
gratified pride , the subtle signal of an invitation , the shadow of an acquiescent
smile . He stands there in a daze , halfway between rapture and fright , and
stupidly ...
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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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