The Hare with Amber Eyes - A Hidden Inheritance

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 siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to Tokyo, de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century...

note - inscription on front end paper, curved spine & shelf wear.