The story of my teeth / Valeria Luiselli ; translated by Christina MacSweeney.

"Gustavo 'Highway' Sanchez Sanchez 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, Chesterton, and Virginia Woolf. Written in collaboration with...

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Main Author: Luiselli, Valeria, 1983- (Author)
Other Authors: MacSweeney, Christina (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2015.
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