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After our lunch hed open the sliding doors of the long vitrine that took up most of one wall of the sitting room and would get out the netsuke one by one. The ephrussis were a grand banking family, as rich and. But the title of the book and the expectations of a discussion about 264 netsuke are misleading. After youre setup, your website can earn you money while you work, play or even sleep. Subscribe to the oprahs book club newsletter sign up for the oprahs book club newsletter get more stories like this delivered to your inbox get updates on your favorite shows, the latest from oprahs world and more. I have spent the last few years writing a very personal book. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Its the most beautiful book ive read this year tracy chevalier, the daily telegraph published january 2011 by vintage books uk category. The hare with amber eyes a closer look at the netsuke. The uniqueness of the hare w amber eyes is never really elaborated upon.

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Michael dirda, the washington post book world this is a book sebald would have loved. The hare with the amber eyes, is a personal story but one that is teemed with history. Le west end one sunny april day i set out to find charles. Ive been a fan of the hare with amber eyes for years. With languages, you can move from one social situation to another. Years after the war, she would find a way to return them to the family shed served even in their exile. A wondrous book, as lustrous and exquisitely crafted as the netsuke at its heart. A familys century of art and loss and millions of other books are. For some reason, it didnt sound that intriguing to me, but then i ran into a colleague slipping away to read during her lunch break. The hare in the title is a netsuke, a small japanese carving that attached to the end of a cord on a small pouch that men hung on their kimono sashes to. There are few, though, whose raw material has been crafted into quite such an engrossing and exquisitely written book as the hare with amber eyes.