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De Waal, Edmund.
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De Waal, Edmund -- Travel.
Porcelain -- History.
Porcelain -- Social aspects.
Potters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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De Waal, Edmund.
De Waal, Edmund -- Travel.
Porcelain -- History.
Porcelain -- Social aspects.
Potters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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The white road : journey into an obsession / Edmund de Waal.
by
De Waal, Edmund.
Knopf Canada, 2015.
Call #:
738.209 D515w
Subjects
De Waal, Edmund
--
Travel.
Porcelain
--
History.
Porcelain
--
Social
aspects
.
Potters
--
Great Britain
--
Biography.
ISBN:
9780307362100 (hc.)
Description:
401 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"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. Part memoir, part history, part detective story, The White Road chronicles a global obsession with alchemy, art, wealth, craft and purity. In a sweeping yet intimate style that recalls his memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes, de Waal gives us a singular understanding of "the spectrum of
porcelain
" and the mapping of desire. Edmund de Waal is one of the world's leading ceramic artists, and his
porcelain
is held in many major museum collections. He lives in London"--Provided by publisher.
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