The Hare with Amber Eyes
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264 wood and ivory netsuke, none of them larger than a matchbox: in a stunningly original memoir Edmund de Waal describes the journey taken by this exquisite collection - and the family who treasured it - across continents, and centuries, in a gripping tale of war and peace, passion and loss. Apprentice
… More »264 wood and ivory netsuke, none of them larger than a matchbox: in a stunningly original memoir Edmund de Waal describes the journey taken by this exquisite collection - and the family who treasured it - across continents, and centuries, in a gripping tale of war and peace, passion and loss. Apprentice potter Edmund de Waal was entranced by the collection when he first encountered it in the Tokyo apartment of his Great Uncle Iggie. And later, when Edmund inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger than he could ever have imagined.
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Add a CommentEdmund de Waal won the 2010 Costa Biography award with this book which takes us by the hand and leads us through the lives,varying fortunes and homes of the once fabulously wealthy Ephrussi family of which de Waal is a descendant. Weaving three strands: family, our relationship with the objects we collect (in this case the focus is on the family's collection of netsuke) and the importance of touch (de Waal himself is a world-renowned potter), de Waal proves to be a hugely empathetic narrator. I loved his writing - he is a master of chapter beginnings and endings and I have only one small quibble - at times the link to the netsuke is lost in catastrophic world events and getting back to these tiny Japanese carvings becomes somewhat contrived.