The Hare With Amber Eyes

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<p>THE NUMBER ONE<i>SUNDAY TIMES</i>BESTSELLER</p><p>WINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD</p><p>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.</p><p>From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to<i>fin de siecle</i>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.</p><p>'You have in your hands a masterpiece' Frances Wilson,<i>Sunday Times</i></p><p>'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,<i>Daily Telegraph</i>, Books of the Year</p><p>'A complex and beautiful book' Diana Athill</p>

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Edmund de Waal's porcelain is shown in many museum collections round the world and he has recently made installations for the V&A and Tate Britain. He was apprenticed as a potter, studied in Japan and read English at Cambridge. He is Professor of Ceramics at the University of Westminster and lives in London with his family.

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