{"product_id":"behind-the-glass-the-villa-tugendhat-and-its-family-hardback-9781487542191","title":"Behind the Glass; The Villa Tugendhat and Its Family (Hardback) 9781487542191","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBehind the Glass\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Villa Tugendhat and Its Family\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Lambek (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487542191\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 October 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 33 b\u0026amp;w illustrations, 21 b\u0026amp;w figures\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Villa Tugendhat, designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1928, is an icon of architectural modernism and a UNESCO World Heritage site. \u003ci\u003eBehind the Glass\u003c\/i\u003e tells the true story of the large family connected to it, who rose to prominence through industrial textile manufacturing.\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\u0026amp;#x2019;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\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Room\u003c\/i\u003e. The book also provides unpublished correspondence between Martin Heidegger and Ernst Tugendhat, Grete\u0026amp;#x2019;s son, as well as a description of the impact of a 2017 family reunion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind the Glass\u003c\/i\u003e reflects on the meaning of a \"family\" 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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003ePart I: House and Family\u003cbr\u003e1. People Who Live in Glass Houses\u003cbr\u003e2. Writing the Family\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Family and Firm\u003cbr\u003e3. Before Löw-Beers\u003cbr\u003e4. Founding the Firm\u003cbr\u003e5. The Patriarch and His Siblings\u003cbr\u003e6. The Sister Wives\u003cbr\u003e7. The Double Cousins, before the War\u003cbr\u003e8. Departures and After\u003cbr\u003e9. The Patriarch\u0026amp;#x2019;s Son\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Grete and Her World\u003cbr\u003e10. Grete and Her Family, in Former Times\u003cbr\u003e11. Grete and Her Family, the War Years\u003cbr\u003e12. Grete and Her Family, after the War\u003cbr\u003e13. The Philosophers: Helene Weiss, Käte Victorius, Ernst Tugendhat, Martin Heidegger\u003cbr\u003e14. Tugendhat, after Heidegger\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: The Family Regrouped and Represented\u003cbr\u003e15. The Reunion \u003cbr\u003e16. Reconciliations in Brno\u003cbr\u003e17. Looking Back: Conundrums of Identity and Representation \u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eTimeline\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52521348399384,"sku":"9781487542191","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/behind-the-glass-the-villa-tugendhat-and-its-family-hardback-9781487542191","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}