The Story of My Teeth in Around the World in 80 Books

Dec 22, 2015 Beverly rated it really liked it

Shelves: translation, cross-cultural, library-book, newtome2015

This was a 3.5 read for me.

I had to think a little about this book when I finished it but when reading it I just could not put it down.
I love when I am little uncertain about a storyline and then the book just delights me.

First off – I am glad I read the Afterword first before delving into this zany thoughtful entertaining book as it provided the necessary background to appreciate and enjoy the author’s wonderful storytelling abilities.
I loved the format of the book and the graphic provided.
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Dec 18, 2015 Vicky rated it really liked it

Shelves: novel

A lot of hype around this book and since the title involves "teeth," something I pay attention to, I put it on hold at the library. I checked it out and I only read it yesterday and finished it today because it was due today, and I had #FOMO that I will be #60+ in line if I got back on the waitlist. Anywayyy:

I am glad I read it. I heard this novel described as something very unique, bold, this and that, but while actually reading it, it was very familiar to me. It was partly like your classic mi ...more

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Sep 12, 2018 Nadine in NY Jones rated it did not like it

Shelves: translation, literary-schmiterary

This is the story of my teeth, and my treatise on collectibles and the variable value of objects. As any other story, this one begins with the Beginning; and then comes the Middle, and then the End. The rest, as a friend of mine always says, is literature: hyperbolics, parabolics, circulars, allegorics, and elliptics. I don’t know what comes after that. Possibly ignominy, death, and, finally, postmortem fame. At that point it will no longer be my place to say anything in the first person. I w

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