{"product_id":"the-story-of-my-teeth-9781566894098","title":"The Story of My Teeth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Luiselli follows in the imaginative tradition of writers like Borges and M rquez, 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 it's truly hard to know (but exciting to wonder about) where she will go next.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI 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 I'm grateful for that inauspicious start because ugliness, as my other uncle, Eur pides L pez S nchez, was given to saying, is character forming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighway 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, \u003ci\u003eTeeth \u003c\/i\u003eis an elegant, witty, exhilarating romp through the industrial suburbs of Mexico City and Luiselli's own literary influences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eValeria Luiselli \u003c\/b\u003ewas 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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of My Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e is the Winner of the \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize in Fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566894098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirkus Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/13\/2015 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/20\/2015 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/19\/2015 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/02\/2015 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2015 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/06\/2015 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valeria Luiselli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659991511196,"sku":"9781566894098","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c4cd52ca-84d0-44fc-8506-fb14b747eab4.jpg?v=1603895887","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-story-of-my-teeth-9781566894098","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}