{"product_id":"inkstone-blanshard-blanshard-9781739778002","title":"Inkstone: Paintings and Poems. Hanoi","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter an existential crisis of loss and displacement in the West, the Poet, and the Artist, relocated to the ancient Occidental city of Hanoi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than living on the outskirts of Hanoi in opulent dwellings designated for foreigners, they chose to rent a 1920's French colonial villa, in an historic alley of the French Quarter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis move was destined to become a 'homecoming', a place of belonging in the cultural heart of Hanoi. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the seven years that followed, they struck up enduring friendships with local people. Over time and through a rare acceptance, and personal generosity of the locals, the Poet and the Artist became involved with Vietnamese weddings, street food, art, poetry, culture, history, funerals, colonialism, family, superstition, hopes, dreams, and secrets of everyday life. In this way they became part of the extended Vietnamese 'family, and friends to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA decade later, Blanshard \u0026amp; Blanshard's collective book of paintings and poems, sets this time in amber - a rare compilation of personal and creative disclosure, where loss, hope, and courage touch and merge together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps now, The Red River flows eternal in the blood of the Poet, and the Artist, to remember life in Vietnam - how the Orient forever changed them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Blanshard Blanshard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1739778006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781739778002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Page Addie Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.45d","brand":"Blanshard Blanshard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058843971839,"sku":"9781739778002","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e5fe1f0-ee84-4723-bb0a-68b5b02af54e.jpg?v=1685054829","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inkstone-blanshard-blanshard-9781739778002","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}