Name: The Crystal Vase
SKU: 64778930
Price: 835.00 TWD
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Author: Astrid Goldsmith
ISBN: 9781787334311

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Jonathan Cape

Author

Astrid Goldsmith

Year

2026

Pages

208

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

24.6x17.3x2.5 cm

ISBN13

9781787334311

The Crystal Vase

Astrid Goldsmith (Author) · Jonathan Cape · Hardcover

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Delivery: 30 Oct - 09 Nov

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Synopsis "The Crystal Vase"

"Brilliant, witty and endlessly inventive – an intimate family portrait of astonishing historical reach. It's warm, humane, complex and with a cumulative emotional power that floored me." Joe Dunthorne, author of SubmarineA road-trip across Europe and back in time: the debut graphic memoir from the prize-winning author of A Funeral In Freiburg. When her imperious, chain-smoking German Jewish grandmother dies, it falls to Astrid and her father to drive a hire van to the Black Forest and collect the family heirlooms from Gisela's nicotine-stained apartment. In Freiburg, they are faced with several lifetimes’ worth of belongings to sort through - infested Persian rugs, mysterious photographs, a toy monkey that started a marriage - and a grasping landlord, impatient to renovate. As the list of demands from uncles, sisters and cousins grows longer, the rabbit-holes of history and memory grow deeper. Long-buried secrets and tales of survival are revealed - from Nazi Germany to colonial Africa - and old feuds are reignited, as father and daughter struggle with the responsibility of preserving the family legacy. More importantly, will they be able to fit everything into a medium wheel-base transit van?Funny, bittersweet and beautifully drawn, The Crystal Vase is an odyssey of family arguments, identity crises, and late discoveries.