The Hare With Amber Eyes
Author: de Waal, Edmund
ISBN: 9780099539551
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 2011
Pages: 368
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 30mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
The history of a family through 264 objects - set against a turbulent century - from an acclaimed writer and potter
**THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**
**WINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**
264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger 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 story far larger and more dramatic than he could ever have imagined.
From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to Tokyo, Edmund de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century.
'You have in your hands a masterpiece' Sunday Times
'The most brilliant book I've read for years... A rich tale of the pleasure and pains of what it is to be human' Daily Telegraph
'A complex and beautiful book' Diana Athill
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
ISBN: 9780099539551
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 2011
Pages: 368
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 30mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
The history of a family through 264 objects - set against a turbulent century - from an acclaimed writer and potter
**THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**
**WINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**
264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger 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 story far larger and more dramatic than he could ever have imagined.
From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to Tokyo, Edmund de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century.
'You have in your hands a masterpiece' Sunday Times
'The most brilliant book I've read for years... A rich tale of the pleasure and pains of what it is to be human' Daily Telegraph
'A complex and beautiful book' Diana Athill
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
