La storia dei miei denti

My luck was without equal, my life was a poem, and I was certain that one day, someone was going to write the beautiful tale of my dental autobiography. Literature has a unique role in the discussions of truth and ideas. When we tell a story we dress the themes and messages up in an elegant wardrobe Leggi tutto

A well written, and clever novel centred around the life of a Mexican auctioneer and his teeth! Originally written in Spanish. An innovative piece of collaboration with real input from a Mexican factory workers' reading club, and the translator, gives this work its remarkable feel of authenticity! A Leggi tutto

I think I was really taken with the title of this one, but I probably should have read more about it. It really wasn't for me. I found it mildy amusing at best and really just finished it to finish it. It fits into a tradition of Latin American surrealist/absurdist literature--and I like the story b Leggi tutto

Kitap oldukça güzel. Kısa ve öz fikrim bu. Ama söylemek istediğim o kadar çok şey var ki, kafam allak bullak. Kitap hakkında orada burada yazılanlara baktım da "Şenlikli bir oyun" denmiş hep, doğru da, kurgusu falan çok zekice, gel gelelim beni o kısmı etkilemedi. (Muhtemelen yine gariplik bende) Ki Leggi tutto

About 10 pages into his book I was going to consign it to the Do Not Finish section of my library (actually I got it from the public library but you catch my drift… 😉). But I didn’t do a DNF…I kept on going and I am glad I did! This is such a hard book to describe or characterize. Even one of the re Leggi tutto

My three/four star rating is on the fence. I think I don't know enough yet to really review it, so I confess I will have to investigate further. I need to hear more about her and from critics that know more about the situation she is writing about. I heard about this book from many Best of 2015 lists Leggi tutto