The Hare With Amber Eyes

One review on 16 Nov 2011

First Published: 2010

Non-Fiction

The Hare With Amber Eyes

Author: Edmund de Waal

synopsis extract: A sort of biography of a family from Odessa in 19c as jewish grain merchants through Vienna and Paris in 1880s to 1939 as extremely wealthy bankers and beyond to the family diaspora told through the ...

Publisher:

Vintage

Date first read: Wed 16th Nov 2011

Format: Paperback

Catalogued: 13th May 2024

Synopsis

A sort of biography of a family from Odessa in 19c as jewish grain merchants through Vienna and Paris in 1880s to 1939 as extremely wealthy bankers and beyond to the family diaspora told through the story of a collection of Japanese netsuke.

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Review of "The Hare With Amber Eyes"

by Roger on Wed 16th Nov 2011.

Totally totally engrossing and thought provoking and connected - connections all over the place - painters, writers, places, events.

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