{"product_id":"the-white-road-journey-into-an-obsession-9781250097323","title":"The White Road: Journey Into an Obsession","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary blend of narrative history and memoir, by the author of the award-winning and bestselling international sensation, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe White Road\u003c\/i\u003e, artist Edmund de Waal gives us an intimate portrait 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 begins by travelling to three \"white hills\"--sites in China, Germany, and England that are key to porcelain's 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart memoir, part history, part detective story, \u003ci\u003eThe White Road\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles a global obsession with alchemy, art, wealth, craft, and purity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund de Waal\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's leading ceramic artists, and his porcelain is held in many major international collections. His bestselling memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for numerous prizes and won the Costa Biography Award and the RSL Ondaatje Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51453563896082,"sku":"9781250097323","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_002c0694-31f5-4f40-ac02-8ad2d4eb79aa.jpg?v=1751974095","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-white-road-journey-into-an-obsession-9781250097323","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}