Winner of the 'Best of the Best' Adult category at the Independent Bookshop Week Awards 2016.
Winner of the Independent Booksellers' Book Award 2011.
Winner of the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2011.
Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011.
Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2010.
Costa Book Awards Judges' comment: "A book that is both highly original and tremendously moving. De Waal's subject matter is fascinating in itself, but what makes the book work so well is the delicacy with which he approaches his task and the emotion he invests within it."
Winner of the Galaxy New Writer of the Year 2010.
This is the definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller which tells the history of a family through 264 objects, set against a turbulent century, from an acclaimed writer and potter. With gorgeous new photography of the celebrated netsuke collection, and sumptuous full-colour images hand-picked by Edmund de Waal from his family archive of 264 Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox.
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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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 post-war Tokyo, Edmund de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century.
The Hare With Amber Eyes : Illustrated Edition features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
The Hare With Amber Eyes : Illustrated Edition is available in Hardback
The Hare With Amber Eyes : Illustrated Edition was written by Edmund de Waal and published by Chatto & Windus
