The Story of My Teeth Lib/E (Audiobook)

from bness2

A most unusual book, at turns baffling and intriguing.

from reganrule

The premise of this book is a rather simple one: the self-proclaimed world's best auctioneer, Gustavo "Highway" Sanchez Sanchez auctions his own teeth. Of course, rotten teeth are not particularly valuable in themselves, and so the novel proceeds by demonstrating the auctioneering methods used to...

from RidgewayGirl

This is an odd novel. Valeria Luiselli wrote it as a project done with a factory, having each section read aloud, and listening to the comments of the workers. Each section is quite different, and one, a sort of chronology, is written by her English translator. The sections are divided by picture...

from PrimosParadise

No. 1 on my alt.TOB list and I'm not sure what I think. I mean obviously for a slight novel there is a lot going on here. While I enjoyed the story of Highway itself, I felt a little like there was so much symbolism going on here that it started to get overwhelming; plus the numerous and varied r...

from Kristelh

The Story of My Teeth by Mexican author Valeria Luiselli, translated by Christina MacSweeney and published by Coffee House Press is an unique experience to say the least. Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City (1983) and grew up in South Africa. She currently lives in New York City. Christina M...