Liara Sutton

A Brief History of the Tear (eBook, ePUB)

An Analysis of the Unopened Object
Redaktion: Tools, AI Assisted

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is not a book about correspondence. It is a formal, unhurried investigation of the object that precedes it: the unopened envelope. For author E. L. Sutton, the sealed object exists in a state of perfect, unviolated integrity. The core of this book is a sensory inquiry into the edge the barrier that defines this state. With the unhurried precision of a method essayist, this book analyzes the barriers of our daily lives. It begins with the fingernail, the core habit, testing the flap of an envelope. This simple act becomes a tool for a deep, phenomenological inquiry. The investigation catalogs the different forms of the seal: the brittle, absolute chemical weld of a business envelope; the decaying, organic biological bond of a personal letter; the mechanical clasp of a manila archive; and the fused polymer of a plastic mailer. The observation then turns to the inevitable act of opening the violation of the seal. This book documents the antithetical textures of the torn edge, the cut edge, the released edge, and the perforated edge. A Brief History of the Tear is a profound meditation on the cycle of an object: from its state of pure potential, through its violent or gentle opening, to its final state as refuse or archive. It is an exploration of the line between integrity and failure, and a discovery of the complex, haptic, texts written on the most disposable objects of our lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: PublishDrive
• Seitenzahl: 95
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 6610001107079
• Artikelnr.: 75949525