{"product_id":"the-white-road-journey-into-an-obsession","title":"The White Road: Journey into an Obsession","description":"\u003cp\u003eExtraordinary new non-fiction  a gripping blend of history and memoir  by the author of the award-winning and bestselling international sensation  The Hare with Amber Eyes. In The White Road  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 clays 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 porcelains 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 The Hare with Amber Eyes  de Waal gives us a singular understanding of \"the spectrum of porcelain\" and the mapping of desire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945975607349,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307362108","price":88.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307362100.jpg?v=1769917234","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-white-road-journey-into-an-obsession","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}