Overview
An extraordinary blend of narrative history and memoir, by the author of the award-winning and bestselling international sensation, The Hare with Amber Eyes
In The White Road, artist Edmund de Waal gives us an intimate portrait of his lifelong obsession with porcelain, or āwhite gold.ā A potter who has been working with porcelain for more than forty years, de Waal describes how he set out on five journeys to places where porcelain was dreamed about, refined, collected, and covetedāand that would help him understand the clayās mysterious allure. From his studio in London, he begins by travelling to three āwhite hillsāāsites in China, Germany, and England that are key to porcelainās creation. But his search eventually leads him around the globe and reveals more than a history of cups and figurines; rather, he is forced to confront some of the darkest moments of twentieth-century history.
Part memoir, part history, part detective story, The White Road chronicles a global obsession with alchemy, art, wealth, craft, and purity.
This book title, The White Road (Journey into an Obsession) - 9781250097323, ISBN: 9781250097323, by Edmund de Waal, published by Picador (November 1, 2016) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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