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: 22nd Nov 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.
Reviews
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.