The Teeth of the Comb & Other Stories

The Teeth of the Comb & Other Stories

Paperback (01 Jun 2017)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Personified animals (snakes, wolves, sheep), natural things (a swamp, a lake, a rainbow, trees), mankind's creations (trucks, swords, zeroes) are all characters in The Teeth of the Comb. They aspire, they plot, they hope, they destroy, they fail, they love. These wonderful small stories animate new realities and make us see our reality anew. Reading Alomar's sly moral fables and sharp political allegories, the reader always sits up a little straighter, and a little wiser. Here is the title story:

Some of the teeth of the comb were envious of the class differences that exist between humans. They strived desperately to increase their height, and, when they succeeded, began to look with disdain on their colleagues below.

After a little while the comb's owner felt a desire to comb his hair. But when he found the comb in this state he threw it in the garbage.

Book information

ISBN: 9780811226073
Publisher: New Directions
Imprint: New Directions Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 892.737
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 102
Weight: 125g
Height: 203mm
Width: 132mm
Spine width: 10mm