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Item Details
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THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES
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| By: |
Edmund De Waal |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£25.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0701187166 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780701187163 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
25 October, 2011 |
| Edition: |
Illustrated edition |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Description: |
Presents photographs of the celebrated netsuke collection - 264 Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox. From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to post-war Tokyo, the author traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his family. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller with gorgeous new photography of the celebrated netsuke collection, and sumptuous full-colour images hand-picked by Edmund de Waal from his family archive 264 Japanese 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 post-war Tokyo, Edmund de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Chatto & Windus |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults'
Winner of Ondaatje Prize 2011
Winner of Costa Biography Award 2010
Winner of Galaxy National Book Awards: National Book Tokens New Writer of |
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Returnable |
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