{"product_id":"the-white-road-hardcover-by-edmund-de-waal","title":"The White Road Hardcover by Edmund de Waal","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eKnopf Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2015-09-29)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e416\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780307362100\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e680.4\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e23.52 x 14.66 x 3.53\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtraordinary new non-fiction, a gripping blend of history and memoir, by the author of the award-winning and bestselling international sensation, \u003ci\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e     In \u003ci\u003eThe White Road\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author and artist Edmund de Waal gives us an intimate narrative history of his lifelong obsession with porcelain, or \"white gold.\" 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 coveted--and that would help him understand the clay's mysterious allure. From his studio in London, he starts by travelling to three \"white hills\"--sites in China, Germany and England that are key to porcelain's creation. But his search eventually takes 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.\u003cbr\u003e     Part memoir, part history, part detective story, \u003ci\u003eThe White Road \u003c\/i\u003echronicles a global obsession with alchemy, art, wealth, craft and purity. In a sweeping yet intimate style that recalls \u003ci\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, de Waal gives us a singular understanding of \"the spectrum of porcelain\" and the mapping of desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eEDMUND DE WAAL is one of the world's leading ceramic artists, and his porcelain is held in many major museum colletions. His bestselling memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, has been published in thirty languages and won the Costa Biography Award and the RSL Ondaatje Prize. It was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize and the PEN\/Ackerley Prize, and was longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize. He lives in London with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552669749409,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780307362100","price":32.3,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780307362100.jpg?v=1781712514","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-white-road-hardcover-by-edmund-de-waal","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}