Toolbox
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (650 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1879378191 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Born in Egypt to Italian parents, he was raised in Mexico and writes in Spanish, his second language.. Fabio Morabito is a poet and fiction writer
A bilingual edition (Spanish/English) of Caja de herramientas, a series of imaginative stories or fantastic reflections on the nature of things that help us to organize our lives, such as the hammer, the screwdriver, the piece of string, by a promising Mexican writer.
"Morabito uses tools as a plumb line into our own histories, dreams and fears, into anguished victimization and self-sacrificing service Each tool is stripped of its essence and revealed to be a reflection of man's own basic parts, with personalities and voices, morals and missions His deft hands animate the tools with a Frankensteinian passion; he holds up a mirror not only to people we know, but also to parts of our own selves He manages to reshape our vision of our surroundings." -- Chelsea No.62, 1997
Prose in a Box rareoopdvds A graphic prop book told in a prosaic vernacular of the household mechanic. 12 essays dedicated to everyday common kitchen or workbench items that brings to life the unseen or the not want to be seen. Author Morabito tells it like it is and metamorphosizes the rag into a vampiresque dependency that not just sucks, but cleans everything it touches. The knife is moved from a utensil that cuts into an imbecilic cold-hearted mystic who only moves forward without looking back and has only one pointed concentration. Each page is designed with a graphic rem. the hard cover randalx The abstraction to personification has a long ancestry in literature: from the bible, to Romance of the Rose, to this book of tools. So what is exceptional about Toolbox is not what Morabito does, but instead how [darn] well he does it. I could not read this book in one setting - it was far too rich for that. And I can see that for many years I will be returning to this book for that lemon twist taste on life. The hard cover edition makes a great coffee-table book, ensuring the regular attention it deserves. The only aspect of the hard cover edition . "A lesson in personification and philosophy" according to A Customer. Morabito gives his reader an intensvie lesson in personification and philosophy through an investigation into the nature of tools. He creates a character for each tool based upon its physical attributes. In the process of developing the characters, he includes explanatory remarks which develop a philosophical backing for the actions and purpose of each tool. "The Toolbox" offers a unique investigation into objects normally overlooked as mundane; the reader is encouraged to look again at the simple objects within everyday environments to see if they a