{"product_id":"the-see-through-house-my-father-in-full-colour-9781784743109","title":"The See-Through House: My Father in Full Colour","description":"\u003cb\u003e*As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, nuanced and disarmingly honest, Klein's writing will transport you into her world'\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe See-Through House\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about saying goodbye to a much-loved family home. It is also a very funny account of looking after an adored yet maddening parent and a piercing portrait of the grief that followed his death. Shelley Klein grew up in the Scottish Borders, in a house designed on a modernist open-plan grid; with colourful glass panels set against a forest of trees, it was like living in a work of art. Shelley's father, Bernat Klein, was a textile designer whose pioneering colours and textures were a major contribution to 1960s and 70s style. As a child, Shelley and her siblings adored both the house and the fashion shows that took place there, but as she grew older Shelley also began to rebel against her father's excessive design principles. Thirty years on, Shelley moves back home to care for her father, now in his eighties: the house has not changed and neither has his uncompromising vision. As Shelley installs her pots of herbs on the kitchen windowsill, he insists she take them into her bedroom to ensure they don't 'spoil the line of the house'. Threaded through Shelley's book is her father's own story: an Orthodox Jewish childhood in Yugoslavia; his rejection of rabbinical studies to pursue a life of art; his arrival in post-war Britain and his imagining of a house filled with light and colour as interpreted by the architect Peter Womersley. \u003cb\u003eA book about the search for belonging and the pain of letting go, \u003ci\u003eThe See-Through House \u003c\/i\u003eis a moving memoir of one man's distinctive way of looking at the world, told with tenderness and humour and a daughter's love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chatto \u0026amp; Windus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784743109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.13h x 5.75w x 1.10d","brand":"Shelley Klein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42406075039925,"sku":"9781784743109","price":28.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e0ef35a7-94b3-4297-801e-77d86aba30d2.jpg?v=1664285973","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-see-through-house-my-father-in-full-colour-9781784743109","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}