{"product_id":"the-crystal-vase","title":"The Crystal Vase","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs 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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny, bittersweet and beautifully drawn,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Crystal Vase\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an odyssey of family arguments, identity crises, and late discoveries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42019596894243,"sku":null,"price":1399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/3607\/9395\/files\/81jMsARFaRL._SY522.jpg?v=1774434248","url":"https:\/\/champaca.in\/products\/the-crystal-vase","provider":"Champaca Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}