Competition: Win a signed copy of The White Road, Edmund de Waal's compelling and poetic travelogue telling the story of porcelain
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, de Waal enriches his understanding of this rare material: the "white gold" he has worked with for decades.
- To win a copy of the book signed by the author fill out this simple form.
Competition closes on August 3 2016.
Terms and conditions:
This competition is not open to employees of Culture24, Vintage Books / Penguin Random House or their families.
Entrants must be over 16 years of age and resident in the UK.
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Winners will be informed on July 20 2016.
Winners will be drawn at random, decisions are final and correspondence will not be entered into.
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