EAN: 9780099575986

THE WHITE ROAD - EDMUND DE WAAL KARTONIERT (TB)

"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.

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