What's the big mystery behind the Italian author, Domenico Starnone's new novel?

Greg Coles will talk to Starnone, his translator, and the novelist, Dumpola Heary, who translated

his new book, Ties.

One must hear the story in order to write the story.

So I heard Ties as I read it to myself in Italian, and when I translated it, my method

of translating was to read the book out loud.

How does our oral history, or rather our oral hygiene history, tell a larger story about

America?

Mary Otto will be here to talk about her new book, Ties.

We look at bad teeth through sort of a moral lens, like it's a personal failure and an

economic failure to have bad oral health.

Alexander Alter will give us an update from the literary world.

Plus we'll talk about what we and the wider world are reading.

This is Inside the New York Times Book Review.

I'm Pamela Paul.

This is Greg Coles, I'm an editor with the Book Review.

I am very pleased to be here today with the Italian novelist, Domenico Starnone.

He's the author of the new book, Ties, which has been translated by Dumpola Heary.

Dumpa is also with us today.

Dumpa, hello.

Hello.

And we are also joined by Domenico's English editor, Michael Reynolds of Europe Editions,

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