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Jul 1, 1995 · The 'wrench' (if the translation got this right) isn't just a symbol of blue collar labour, it's also the wrench between the metaphysical profession of writing books and that of actually making tangible things. The 'Levi' of the stories is struggling with this, and Faussone's parting advice to him is:
171. ISBN. 0-671-62214-5. OCLC. 18683658. The Wrench, published in the U.S. under the title of The Monkey's Wrench, is a novel by Primo Levi that takes the form a collection of interconnected stories exchanged between the two main characters. [1] It is similar in form to his collection of connected memoir stories, The Periodic Table .
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The Monkey's Wrench. A communal public workshop in which makers (see maker sense) can work on small personal projects something like this future is already present in the small but growing number of industrial shops called "makerspaces" that have popped up in the United States and around the world.
About The Monkey’s Wrench “A remarkable narrative of a worklife as told to Primo Levi, who is as great a listener as he is a creative artist.” —Studs Terkel A Penguin Classic In this exuberant and wildly funny novel, Primo Levi celebrates the joys of work and the art of storytelling.
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“A remarkable narrative of a worklife as told to Primo Levi, who is as great a listener as he is a creative artist.” —Studs Terkel A Penguin Classic In this exuberant and wildly funny novel, Primo Levi celebrates the joys of work and the art of storytelling. The magic is worked through the mesmerizing tales told by Libertini Faussone, a construction worker, and by the narrator, a writer ...
- July 01, 1995
The Monkey's Wrench Author Primo Levi Translated by Will Weaver. Series Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin. Share Save. Add to Goodreads Look Inside
