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The White Road

- A Journey Into Obsession
Af: Edmund de Waal Engelsk Paperback

The White Road

- A Journey Into Obsession
Af: Edmund de Waal Engelsk Paperback
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The gripping story of the lure of porcelain, or ''white gold'', from the Number One bestselling author of The Hare with Amber Eyes.

** A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller **

"Other things in the world are white but for me porcelain comes first"

A handful of clay from a Chinese hillside carries a promise: that mixed with the right materials, it might survive the fire of the kiln, and fuse into porcelain - translucent, luminous, white.

Acclaimed writer and potter Edmund de Waal sets out on a quest - a journey that begins in the dusty city of Jingdezhen in China and travels on to Venice, Versailles, Dublin, Dresden, the Appalachian Mountains of South Carolina and the hills of Cornwall to tell the history of porcelain. Along the way, he meets the witnesses to its creation; those who were inspired, made rich or heartsick by it, and the many whose livelihoods, minds and bodies were broken by this obsession. It spans a thousand years and reaches into some of the most tragic moments of recent times.

In these intimate and compelling encounters with the people and landscapes who made porcelain, Edmund de Waal enriches his understanding of this rare material, the ''white gold'' he has worked with for decades.

''This is a haunting book, a book that amasses itself piece by piece, gaining in weight.'' Olivia Laing, New Statesman

''A mighty achievement'' Guardian

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The gripping story of the lure of porcelain, or ''white gold'', from the Number One bestselling author of The Hare with Amber Eyes.

** A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller **

"Other things in the world are white but for me porcelain comes first"

A handful of clay from a Chinese hillside carries a promise: that mixed with the right materials, it might survive the fire of the kiln, and fuse into porcelain - translucent, luminous, white.

Acclaimed writer and potter Edmund de Waal sets out on a quest - a journey that begins in the dusty city of Jingdezhen in China and travels on to Venice, Versailles, Dublin, Dresden, the Appalachian Mountains of South Carolina and the hills of Cornwall to tell the history of porcelain. Along the way, he meets the witnesses to its creation; those who were inspired, made rich or heartsick by it, and the many whose livelihoods, minds and bodies were broken by this obsession. It spans a thousand years and reaches into some of the most tragic moments of recent times.

In these intimate and compelling encounters with the people and landscapes who made porcelain, Edmund de Waal enriches his understanding of this rare material, the ''white gold'' he has worked with for decades.

''This is a haunting book, a book that amasses itself piece by piece, gaining in weight.'' Olivia Laing, New Statesman

''A mighty achievement'' Guardian

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 416
ISBN-13: 9780099575986
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0099575981
Kategori: China
Udg. Dato: 30 jun 2016
Længde: 31mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: Vintage Publishing
Oplagsdato: 30 jun 2016
Forfatter(e): Edmund de Waal
Forfatter(e) Edmund de Waal

Kategori China

ISBN-13 9780099575986

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 416

Udgave

Længde 31mm

Bredde 197mm

Højde 130mm

Udg. Dato 30 jun 2016

Oplagsdato 30 jun 2016

Forlag Vintage Publishing

Kategori sammenhænge