# The Crystal Vase

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- Authors: [Astrid Goldsmith](https://www.bookquiver.com/astrid-goldsmith)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2026-01-15

## Description

Rich, moving and wryly funny... a delight' Observer * Graphic Novel of the Month* 'Brilliant, witty and endlessly inventive' Joe Dunthorne, author of Submarine A road-trip across Europe and back in time: the debut graphic memoir from the prize-winning author of A Funeral In Freiburg . When 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. In 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. As 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? Funny, bittersweet and beautifully drawn, The Crystal Vase is an odyssey of family arguments, identity crises, and late discoveries.

## Editions

### The Crystal Vase

- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-2997-788-2
- Published: 2026-01-15
- Language: en_GB

### The Crystal Vase

- Publisher: jonathan_cape
- ISBN: 978-17-8733-431-1
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2026-01-15
- Language: en_GB

### The Crystal Vase

- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-2993-374-1
- Published: 2026-01-15
- Language: en_GB