The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance

De Waal, Edmund

ISBN 10: 0374168288 / ISBN 13: 9780374168285

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374168288
• ISBN 13: 9780374168285
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

The definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller

Two hundred and sixty-four Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in his great-uncle Iggie's Tokyo apartment. When he later inherited the netsuke, they unlocked a far more dramatic story than he could ever have imagined.

From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siècle Paris, from occupied Vienna to postwar Tokyo, de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. With sumptuous photographs of the netsuke collection and full-color images from de Waal's family archive, the illustrated edition of The Hare with Amber Eyes transforms a deeply intimate saga into a work of visual art.

About the Author

Edmund de Waal is an artist who has exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. His bestselling memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes, has won many prizes and has been translated into twenty-nine languages. The White Road, a journey into the history of porcelain, was published in 2015. He lives in London with his family.