The Hare with Amber Eyes (Illustrated Edition): A Hidden Inheritance

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 si鐵le 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.

Author: Edmund de Waal
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 11/13/2012
Pages: 432
Weight: 2.49lbs
Size: 9.31h x 6.43w x 1.27d
ISBN: 9780374168285
Language: English