The hare with amber eyes: a hidden inheritance

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THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD. 264 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 siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to Tokyo, Edmund de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. 'You have in your hands a masterpiece' Frances Wilson, Sunday Times. 'The most brilliant book I've read for years...A rich tale of the pleasure and pains of what it is to be human' Bettany Hughes, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year. 'A complex and beautiful book' Diana Athill.

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Autor: Edmund de Waal

Autor

EDMUND DE WAAL

Edmund de Waal é um dos mais importantes ceramistas do mundo, tem obras expostas em instituições como Tate Britain e Victoria and Albert Museum. Diplomado em inglês pela Universidade de Cambridge, sua formação incluiu estudos de cerâmica feitos no Japão, especialidade que leciona na Universidade de Westminster. A lebre com olhos de âmbar ganhou o Costa Book Award 2010 na categoria Biografia e foi finalista do South Bank Sky Arts Award na categoria Literatura. O autor, nomeado New Writer of the Year no Galaxy National Book Award de 2010, mora em Londres com a família.