{"product_id":"red-brick-black-mountain-white-clay-reflections-on-art-family-and-survival","title":"Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“Beautiful, haunted, evocative, and so open to where memory takes you. . . . Just wonderful.”—Edmund de Waal, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Beautiful, haunted, evocative and so open to where memory takes you. I kept thinking that this is the book that I have waited for: where objects, and poetry intertwine. Just wonderful and completely sui generis.\"  (Edmund de Waal, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unforgettable voyage across the reaches of America and the depths of memory, this generational memoir of one incredible family reveals America’s unique craft tradition. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned critic Christopher Benfey shares stories—of his mother’s upbringing in rural North Carolina among centuries-old folk potteries; of his father’s escape from Nazi Europe; of his great-aunt and -uncle Josef and Anni Albers, famed Bauhaus artists exiled at Black Mountain College—unearthing an ancestry, and an aesthetic, that is quintessentially American. With the grace of a novelist and the eye of a historian, Benfey threads these stories together into a radiant and mesmerizing harmony.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51980632654104,"sku":"9780143122852","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/2852\/6872\/files\/9780143122852_eca1b.jpg?v=1776800116","url":"https:\/\/www.clearysbookstore.com\/products\/red-brick-black-mountain-white-clay-reflections-on-art-family-and-survival","provider":"Cleary's Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}