The hare with amber eyes : a hidden inheritance
Book |
1st Picador ed. -- |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
New York :
2011, c2010.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 5145 EPHRU-D | Adult Biography | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
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In this family history, de Waal, a potter and curator of ceramics at the Victoria & Albert Museum, describes the experiences of his family, the Ephrussis, during the turmoil of the 20th century. Grain merchants in Odessa, various family members migrated to Vienna and Paris, becoming successful bankers. Secular Jews, they sought assimilation in a period of virulent anti-Semitism. In Paris, Charles Ephrussi purchased a large collection of Japanese netsuke, tiny hand-carved figures including a hare with amber eyes. The collection passed to Viktor Ephrussi in Vienna and became the family's greatest legacy. Loyal citizens of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Vienna Ephrussis were devastated by the outcome of WWI and were later driven from their home by the imposition of Nazi rule over Austria. de Waal traces the collection from Japan to Europe--where they were saved from the brutal bureaucracy of the Nazi Anschluss in the pockets of a family servant--and back to Japan and Europe again.
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Details
- ISBN: 9780312569372 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0312569378 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 354 p. : ill., maps.print
- Edition: 1st Picador ed. --
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011, c2010.
- General Note: LSC 18.50"Picador".