Sweet Agony (2001)

by Nancy Huston

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A group of cosmopolitan friends in midlife gather in New England for a Thanksgiving dinner. When it begins to snow they become trapped. With the exception of an enigmatic outsider, a young trophy wife, they all know too much about each other, their weak points and failures.

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A marvellous read. Blackly comic, fascinating and thought-provoking.

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Sweet Agony

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2001

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Ceci est l'air commun où baigne le monde. WALT WHITMAN

Que l'agonie te soit douce, ô mn pote ! le signe fatal est sur toi. GREG

"Une dernière fois, dit Dieu. Allez,/ AMOUR." / Corbeau se convulsa, baîlla, rota et / La prodigieuse tête sans corps de l'Homme / S'épanouit sur terre, bulbeuse, roulant / les yeux, / Jacassant son désaccord. TED HUGHES

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à mes amis, les vivants et les morts / à toi G., qui viens de chevaucher l'abîme.

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When I meet with the creators of other universes, I always make an effort to be modest.

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A group of cosmopolitan friends in midlife gather in New England for a Thanksgiving dinner. When it begins to snow they become trapped. With the exception of an enigmatic outsider, a young trophy wife, they all know too much about each other, their weak points and failures.

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