{"product_id":"red-brick-black-mountain-white-clay-reflections-on-art-family-and-survival-9780143122852","title":"Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival","description":"\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 \u003ci\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143122852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/14\/2013 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Christopher Benfey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43643936899253,"sku":"9780143122852","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_be27aa8f-8745-4df8-a9c8-80b60bed22ad.jpg?v=1708444948","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/red-brick-black-mountain-white-clay-reflections-on-art-family-and-survival-9780143122852","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}