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A 21st-century Gutenberg

SIMON HOUPT

From Saturday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 8:39 PM EDT 18/05/08

Working in a Toronto garage, Michael Torosian creates rare – and very pricey – books ...Read the full article

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  1. John Deriso from Edmonton, Canada writes: I value books for what is inside of them. I sincerely hope that this is a normal attitude to have.
  2. A Smith from Toronto, Canada writes: John, I hear what you're saying, but I think that you misunderstand the obsession. You are what is called a reader. You love to read for the ideas, the stories, the characters. Torosian creates books for bibliophiles. While most bibliophiles are avid readers, they also share an obsessive love of the object itself, that which conveys the story. They love the smell, feel and look of books. They are interested in age, provenance, and font, and amass large collections. If you've ever gone into a truly antiquarian bookstore, you might have been momentarily arrested by the beauty of the old leather bound volumes, and gotten a brief taste of the fascination.
  3. Antonio San from Canada writes: What would the world of Art be without a little known Canadian... ahhh and he left Toronto to live in New York and found American photography worth editing? And it's all in this reporter's column of the Globe?
    Meanwhile Rauschenberg had his age wrong in a fast food type obit.
  4. vincent furnier from Montreal, Canada writes: Gutenberg is the wrong comparison for this artist. What he does is more William Blake.
  5. John Smith from Ottawa, Canada writes: Antonio San from Canada writes: What would the world of Art be without a little known Canadian... ahhh and he left Toronto to live in New York and found American photography worth editing? And it's all in this reporter's column of the Globe? Meanwhile Rauschenberg had his age wrong in a fast food type obit.

    If it turns your craw that much, why are you reading the paper? Think about it. You are supporting something that you dislike. Why not support something that you do like? I don't understand your masochism.
  6. Antonio San from Canada writes: John, this is supposed to be THE best newspaper in Canada... or is that enough for Canadians? I'd like to enjoy a great paper in this country not you?

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