My Teeth Story

la historia de mis dientes

A rising star in contemporary Latin American literature, a literary heir to Borges and Cortázar, he was selected as one of five writers under 35 by the National Book Foundation and a member of the "Bogotá 39" list of young writers. He was also a book of the year by The New York Times and The Guardian. He was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2017 Dublin International Literary Prize.
A dazzling experiment that returns to the essence of storytelling. In "The Story of My Teeth," auctioneer Gustavo Gatto uses ingenious fictional stories to explain the "backgrounds" of the teeth being auctioned. Beneath the surface of his eloquent speech, he gets to the heart of storytelling, and even the essence of writing.
A grand adventure that reaches the heart of art. Commissioned by an art institution, Luiselli hopes to bring art closer to the public. Drawing on the history of the peculiar 19th-century Cuban profession of "cigar factory readers" and the contemporary literary genre of the "serial novel," she wrote a weekly novel, suitable for reading aloud, for workers at a juice factory separated from the art institution. Gustavo Autostrada also uses pre-auction storytelling to explain to readers how a work of art acquires value.
This book tells the story of Gustavo Speedway, the world's greatest auctioneer, and his teeth. It's a work about my collection, their unique names, and their renewed life after recycling. I eloquently imbued my collection with new value through stories, both true and false, until one day, my son stole my most cherished Marilyn Monroe tooth and imprisoned me in an art museum. Then, one day, I met Frakin and asked him to write my biography. We began stealing small items from art museums, learning and selling them as I went, and using the stories behind the items to teach him about art collecting...

2018-01-01

上海人民出版社

Century Wenjing

210

9787208146068