The Hare With Amber Eyes
A Hidden Inheritance
Farrar Straus & Giroux · Print & ebook · November 13, 2012
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A family saga takes shape through netsuke, sumptuous photographs, and images from de Waal’s family archive.
- Themes
- Multigenerational family history, Inheritance, Family amid historical upheaval
- Genres
- Family History & Genealogy, Japanese History, Biography & Memoir
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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.
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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.
Small Objects, Long Lives
A family saga takes shape through netsuke, sumptuous photographs, and images from de Waal’s family archive.
Come here for
- Japanese carvings with histories that travel across generations
- A visual encounter with a family archive and netsuke collection
Expect
- An intimate family story against a tumultuous century
- Photographs and full-color archival images alongside the narrative
Where it sits
| Family History & Genealogy | 50% |
|---|---|
| Biography & Memoir | 39% |
| Japanese History | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Japanese Art
- Biography & Memoir
- Family History & Genealogy
- Authors
- Edmund de Waal
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Published
- November 13, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Multigenerational family history · Inheritance · Family amid historical upheaval
- Reading lane
- Japanese Art