by Ignacio Padilla · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483930359
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«La vida íntima de los encendedores» is the essay by Ignacio Padilla published by Páginas de Espuma in paperback (168 pages, in Spanish).
The essay addresses animism in ultramodern society and examines the relationship between people and everyday objects. It reflects on how an apparently minor object, such as a lighter, can accompany human life and transform the perception we have of the world.
Published in 2009, it is part of the Voces/Ensayo collection and received the Málaga Essay Prize.
For readers of essay and philosophy interested in the relationship between everyday objects and contemporary society.
Ignacio Padilla was a Mexican writer whose works were translated into several languages. Padilla helped found the Crack Movement, along with fellow writers Eloy Urroz, Jorge Volpi, and Pedro Angel Palou, as a means for Mexican authors to find their own voice and write beyond magic realism.
