The Textured Narratives of Valeria Luiselli’s The Story of My Teeth
Luiselli suggests that Highway Sánchez’s task is the task of the writer: to transform the mundane, the everyday, the unnoticed into valuable art. Or, as Sánchez’s describes his auctioneering: “I’m like the people who scavenge in your garbage. But with pedigree. I expurgate, I find. I aromatize, clean, and disinfect. I recycle.”
Alex McElroy reviews The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli.