The Hare with the Amber Eyes is part memoir, part social history, part travelogue which weaves the story of De Waal's relatives, the Ephrussi's who were once an extremely wealthy banking and business family living in Paris and Vienna. The story is built around De Waal's search for the history of 264 netsuke, tiny wood and ivory carved Japanese carvings which are all that remain of his family's once tremendous wealth.
De Waal is a very present and involved narrator and takes us on a very personal journey of discovery. in the process he crafts a beautiful, absorbing microcosm of recent history covering the death of Empire, the rise of anti-semitism, the rise of Hitler and the Nazi's as well as exploring memory, identity and belonging.
The Author
Edmund De Waal is a renowed ceramicist. He is a professor at the University of Westminster. His works are exhibited in museum's around the world.
More Information
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