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The Teeth of the Comb and Other Stories

The Teeth of the Comb and Other Stories

by Osama Alomar
Paperback
Publication Date: 25/04/2017

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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.

ISBN:
9780811226073
9780811226073
Category:
Poetry anthologies (various poets)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
25-04-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
203.2x132.08x10.16mm
Weight:
0.12kg

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