The Story of My Teeth

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2801972The Story of My Teethhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-story-of-my-teeth-9781566894104/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3084062/90356ac6-7e6b-4eb7-a2eb-b603d0d7696c.jpg?v=638743647679230000268348MXNCoffee House PressInStock/Ebooks/ Luiselli follows in the imaginative tradition of writers like Borges and Márquez, but her style and concerns are unmistakably her own. This deeply playful novel is about the passion and obsession of collecting, the nature of storytelling, the value of objects, and the complicated bonds of family. . . Luiselli has become a writer to watch, in part because its truly hard to know (but exciting to wonder about) where she will go next.-The New York TimesI was born in Pachuca, the Beautiful Windy City, with four premature teeth and my body completely covered in a very fine coat of fuzz. But Im grateful for that inauspicious start because ugliness, as my other uncle, Eurípides López Sánchez, was given to saying, is character forming.Highway is a late-in-life world traveler, yarn spinner, collector, and legendary auctioneer. His most precious possessions are the teeth of the "notorious infamous" like Plato, Petrarch, and Virginia Woolf. Written in collaboration with the workers at a Jumex juice factory, Teeth is an elegant, witty, exhilarating romp through the industrial suburbs of Mexico City and Luisellis own literary influences.Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her work has been translated into many languages and has appeared in publications including the New York Times, Granta, and McSweeneys. Her novel, The Story of My Teeth, is the winner of the LA Times Book Prize in Fiction....2737990The Story of My Teeth268348https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-story-of-my-teeth-9781566894104/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3084062/90356ac6-7e6b-4eb7-a2eb-b603d0d7696c.jpg?v=638743647679230000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159781566894104_W3siaWQiOiJkOWFlZWVmMy0zNmI3LTQxNGEtODczNy1iZDIyZjVjZDM1NGYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMzOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjc4LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI2MSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDNUMDY6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781566894104_Luiselli was a 5 Under 35 recipient for Faces, a finalist for Three Percents 2014 World Cup of Literature, and is one of the featured authors at this years London Book FairReforma, Mexicos biggest newspaper, named The Story of My Teeth one of 2014s best booksThere is already a great deal of bookseller interest and galley requestsshes beloved by tastemakers and was named Brazos Bookstores staff favorite in 2014.Faces and Sidewalks both appeared on numerous best of lists and received glowing reviews, laying the groundwork for Teeth, which wont have to be discoveredshes now a known commodity.Teeth is funnier and more whimsical than her previous work, almost a romp. Its concern with literary influence, as well as the value of art, is always buoyed by its playfulness and delight (Highways uncles include Euripides Lopez Sanchez, Juan Sanchez Baudrillard, and Miguel Sanchez Foucault).The novel was written serially and in collaboration with workers at a Jumex juice factory, giving it a terrific back story and lots of talking points....(*_*)9781566894104_ Luiselli follows in the imaginative tradition of writers like Borges and Márquez, but her style and concerns are unmistakably her own. This deeply playful novel is about the passion and obsession of collecting, the nature of storytelling, the value of objects, and the complicated bonds of family. . . Luiselli has become a writer to watch, in part because its truly hard to know (but exciting to wonder about) where she will go next.-The New York TimesI was born in Pachuca, the Beautiful Windy City, with four premature teeth and my body completely covered in a very fine coat of fuzz. But Im grateful for that inauspicious start because ugliness, as my other uncle, Eurípides López Sánchez, was given to saying, is character forming.Highway is a late-in-life world traveler, yarn spinner, collector, and legendary auctioneer. His most precious possessions are the teeth of the "notorious infamous" like Plato, Petrarch, and Virginia Woolf. Written in collaboration with the workers at a Jumex juice factory, Teeth is an elegant, witty, exhilarating romp through the industrial suburbs of Mexico City and Luisellis own literary influences.Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her work has been translated into many languages and has appeared in publications including the New York Times, Granta, and McSweeneys. Her novel, The Story of My Teeth, is the winner of the LA Times Book Prize in Fiction....9781566894104_Coffee House Presslibro_electonico_b329b004-4aaf-3af2-b09d-dc9d41fd39d9_9781566894104;9781566894104_9781566894104Valeria LuiselliInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram50-epub-4adf561f-aa89-4dd1-83e0-3723819855c4.epub2015-09-07T00:00:00+00:00Coffee House Press