| 3,917 (4,170) | 172 | 5,537 | (3.98) | 2 | 0 | Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots-which are then sold, collected, and handed on-he has a particular sense of the secret lives of objects. When he inherited a collection of 264 tiny Japanese wood and ivory carvings, called netsuke, he wanted to know who had touched and held them, and how the collection had managed to survive. And so begins this extraordinarily moving memoir and detective story as de Waal discovers both the story of the netsuke and of his family, the Ephrussis, over five generations. A nineteenth-century banking dynasty in Paris and Vienna, the Ephrussis were as rich and respected as the Rothschilds. Yet by the end of World War II, when the netsuke were hidden from the Nazis in Vienna, this collection of very small carvings was all that remained of their vast empire. — biography from La llebre amb ulls d'ambre … (més) |
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Edmund de Waal té 11 esdeveniments ja passats. (show)  Northshire Saratoga Truth and Tales Reading Group The Truth and Tales Reading Group will meet at the Around the Corner Cafe on March 27 at 4 and 6:30 pm to discuss Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal. If you are a member of this reading group, please stop by The Northshire Bookstore to pick up your reserved copy of this title (and receive a 20% discount). We currently have so many excited readers that this group is full. For more information about the group or to be put on the waiting list please contact ReadingGroupsNY@northshire.com.
Location: Street: Around the Corner Cafe Additional: 422 Broadway City: Saratoga Springs, Province: New York Postal Code: 12866 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)
 Northshire Saratoga Truth and Tales Reading Group The Truth and Tales Reading Group will meet at the Around the Corner Cafe on March 20 at 4 and 6:30 pm to discuss The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal. If you are a member of this reading group, please stop by The Northshire Bookstore to pick up your reserved copy of this title (and receive a 20% discount). We currently have so many excited readers that this group is full. For more information about the group or to be put on the waiting list please contact ReadingGroupsNY@northshire.com.
Location: Street: Around the Corner Cafe Additional: 422 Broadway City: Saratoga Springs, Province: New York Postal Code: 12866 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)
 White Rock Reads Book Club at Lucky Dog Books on Garland Road. JUNE 29: 11AM-12:30PM at Lucky Dog Books Garland, the White Rock Reads Book Club will discuss Hare With the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal. White Rock Reads is a book club for readers interested in all kinds of genres and subjects. Contemporary, international and eclectic, we read widely and in community. Our group meets the last Saturday of every month from 11 AM -12:30 at Lucky Dog Books, 10801 Garland Rd Dallas, TX 75218. (ChrisConway)… (més)
 Women Readers
 Gibson's Book Club discusses The Hare with Amber Eyes, by Edmund de Waal Gibson's Book Club discusses The Hare with Amber Eyes, by Edmund de WaalMonday, March 4, 7 PM A family history that has been compared to Nabokov's Speak, Memory--the gold standard-- The Hare with Amber Eyes is the history of a family and of a culture, sparked by the author's encounter with one odd and artful collection of ceramic miniatures.
Location: Street: 27 S Main St Additional: City: Concord , Province: New Hampshire Postal Code: 03301 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)
 Beth Shalom Congregation Book Club
 Books and Lunch on Tuesdays: The Hare with Amber Eyes Howe Library's monthly book group will discuss The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal. Books and Lunch on Tuesdays meets on the second Tuesday of each month at noon. Bring your lunch and a healthy appetite for good discussion. (howe_library)
 Northshire History Reading Group The Northshire History Reading Group will meet on Tuesday, October 16th, at 6pm in our conference room for a discussion of, The Hare with Amber Eyes, by Edmund De Waal. Newcomers are always welcome. To register or inquire please contact Bill Lewis, blewis@northsire.com Location: Street: 4869 Main St Additional: City: Manchester Center, Province: Vermont Postal Code: 05255 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)
 Oakland - The Diesel Readers discuss "The Hare with Amber Eyes" by Edmund de Waal Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes The Diesel Readers back to the store to discuss The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal on Monday, August 20th at 7pm. Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots - which are then sold, collected, and handed on - he has a particular sense of the secret lives of objects. When he inherited a collection of 264 tiny Japanese wood and ivory carvings, called netsuke, he wanted to know who had touched and held them, and how the collection had managed to survive.
And so begins this extraordinarily moving memoir and detective story as the author discovers both the story of the netsuke and of his family, the Ephrussis, over five generations.
This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend!
Location: Street: 5433 College Ave City: Oakland, Province: California Postal Code: 94618-1502 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)
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