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Toolbox [Paperback]

Fabio Morabito (Author), Geoff Hargreaves (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1879378191 | ISBN-13: 978-1879378193 | Publication Date: March 1999 | Edition: Bilingual

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.

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"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

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Text: English, Spanish (translation)
Original Language: Spanish --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

Paperback: 104 pages
Publisher: Xenos Books; Bilingual edition (March 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1879378191
ISBN-13: 978-1879378193
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,709,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars for 12 stars, December 24, 1999

M.G. Trevi�o (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

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This book about 12 tools deserves 12 stars, but only 5 are available. Each tool turns out to have a different personality, ingeniously described, with both wit and passion. In fact, if anybody wanted to set up a new zodiac system, these 12 analyses of personality would be the easiest way to do it. It's rare to find a book so clever and insightful.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Triple beauty, December 24, 1999

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This book's a beauty, three times over. The content is really wise, the layout of the book itself is most attractive, and, last but not least, the translation is as smooth and subtle as silk. A winner on all three accounts!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Seeing the ordinary for the first time, November 28, 1999

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This is a sensational book, in the best sense of the words. Beautifully presented, intellectually stimulating, it opens your eyes to everyday objects in a way you will not be able to predict. This Morabito fellow has got to be the Borges of today.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the hard cover
The abstraction to personification has a long ancestry in literature: from the bible, to Romance of the Rose, to this book of tools. Read more

Published on May 11, 2003 by randalx

5.0 out of 5 stars A work of genius
A work of genius, delightful, and exquisitely translated by Geoff Hargreaves. You can also find some of Morabitos's work and Hargreaves' translations in TAMEME.

Published on January 31, 2001

2.0 out of 5 stars A super model with a not so super book
Fabio will best be remembered for his pictures on romance covers and for his own crisp style of prose, not to mention his dynamite jazz album that "mysterious"ly went... Read more

Published on September 20, 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Prose in a Box
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... Read more

Published on July 31, 2000 by rareoopdvds

5.0 out of 5 stars address confusion
Last week a couple of friends visited and wanted to write a review for you guys. I let them use my computer and my email--but the result has been the reviews don't carry their... Read more

Published on January 26, 2000 by benvolio

5.0 out of 5 stars Joining of opposites
I've always thought of feeling and intelligence as being at opposite ends of the spectrum. But Morabito manages to combine them in a fascinating way. Read more

Published on January 22, 2000 by benvolio

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating!
I've never read anything even remotely like this book--it's so ingenious and so unpredictable. You can never guess how a paragraph will end. Read more

Published on January 20, 2000 by benvolio

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly inventive
I'm really impressed by the author's ability to look at something as commonplace as a hammer or a file and find in it a source for real insight into human behavior, because that's... Read more

Published on January 14, 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, unusual gift
I just got this book as a gift and I intend to buy it as a gift for some friends. It's unlike any other book I've seen--strange, attractive, clever, almost weird at times, kind of... Read more

Published on January 7, 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Well yes, I'm convinced now
As a natural sceptic, I was a bit dubious about these rave reviews, but after seeing a copy, I've got to admit they're on the ball. This is one classy bit of writing. Read more

Published on December 31, 1999

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