From the author of the international bestseller 'The Hare with Amber Eyes', porcelain - the white gold - is Edmund de Waal's calling and passion. Since he first held porcelain clay in his hands at the age of seventeen, he has been working with this material and has created wonderful works of art from it. But what exactly has fascinated people about porcelain for a thousand years? An exciting quest leads de Waal to Germany, France, and America, back to his native England, and finally to China. With elegance and almost cinematic precision, he conveys the beauty of the craft and compellingly narrates his own search for the white that captivates him just as a blank canvas captivates an artist.