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The hare with amber eyes, a hidden inheritance, Edmund de Waal

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The hare with amber eyes, a hidden inheritance, Edmund de Waal

Language

eng

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collective biography

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The hare with amber eyes

Oclc number

816508751

Responsibility statement

Edmund de Waal

Sub title

a hidden inheritance

Summary

Traces the parallel stories of nineteenth-century art patron Charles Ephrussi and his unique collection of 264 miniature netsuke Japanese ivory carvings, documenting Ephrussi's relationship with Marcel Proust and the impact of the Holocaust on his cosmopolitan family

Table Of Contents

Pt. 1. Paris, 1871-1899 -- pt. 2. Vienna, 1899-1938 -- pt. 3. Vienna, Kovecses, Tunbridge Wells, Vienna, 1938-1947 -- pt. 4. Tokyo, 1947-2001 -- Coda. Tokyo, Odessa, London, 2001-2009

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