{"product_id":"9781487542191","title":"Behind the Glass","description":"Author: Michael Lambek\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487542191\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 21 Oct 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Villa Tugendhat, designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1928, is an icon of architectural modernism. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind the Glass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e tells the true story of the large family connected to it, who rose to prominence through industrial textile manufacturing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book traces the transformations in the life of the family, from their roots in a Jewish ghetto to part of the wealthy bourgeoisie in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to adaptation in interwar independent Czechoslovakia and flight in the face of Nazi invasion. Michael Lambek examines the generation born in the first decade of the twentieth century, especially Grete Tugendhat  Lambek's maternal grandmother  who commissioned, inhabited, championed, and relinquished the distinctive modern house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exploration of life in and surrounding the Villa Tugendhat offers a factual portrait that runs counter to the fictional one portrayed in Simon Mawer's \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Room\u003c\/i\u003e. The book also provides unpublished correspondence between Martin Heidegger and Ernst Tugendhat, Grete's son, as well as a description of the impact of a 2017 family reunion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the Glass reflects on the meaning of a \u0026amp;quot;family\u0026amp;quot; and suggests that it is more than a nuclear household  a family reproduces itself over generations, a product of how it represents itself and is represented by others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46819981820062,"sku":"ADS-9781487542191","price":79.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487542191.jpg?v=1778467734","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487542191","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}