The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance - Couverture rigide

De Waal, Edmund

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0374168288 ISBN 13 : 9780374168285

Editeur : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012

Synopsis

RO60137793. THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES, A Hidden Inheritance. 2012. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais. 418 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en couleur et en noir et blanc, dans et hors texte. Léger trait au feutre noir sur la tranche en pied.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"[A] wonderful book" (Dame Felicity Lott Waitrose Weekend)

"From a hard and vast archival mass...Mr de Waal has fashioned, stroke by minuscule stroke, a book as fresh with detail as if it had been written from life, and as full of beauty and whimsy as a netsuke from the hands of a master carver." (The Economist)

"This remarkable book... a meditation on touch, exile, space and the responsibility of inheritance... like the netsuke themselves, this book is impossible to put down. you have in your hands a masterpiece." (Frances Wilson The Sunday Times)

"Few writers have ever brought more perception, wonder and dignity to a family story as has Edmund de Waal in a narrative that beguiles from the opening sentence" (Eileen Battersby Irish Times)

"Part treasure hunt, part family saga, Edmund de Waal's richly original memoir spans nearly two centuries and covers half the world" (Evening Standard)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 siècle 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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0374168288
• ISBN 13: 9780374168285
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432