The Hare With Amber Eyes A Hidden Inheritance
Edmund De Waal
History / Memoir
The Hare With Amber Eyes A Hidden Inheritance
by Edmund De Waal
—· 368 p· 2010
National Book Critics Circle Award20th Century Classicreflectivehaunting
Overview
About
Traces the parallel stories of nineteenth-century art patron Charles Ephrussi and his unique collection of 360 miniature netsuke Japanese ivory carvings, documenting Ephrussi's relationship with Marcel Proust and the impact of the Holocaust on his cosmopolitan family.
Pages
368
Farrar Straus Giroux
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Historical Research10
Family Legacy9
Worldbuilding8
Prose8
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Pacing6
Plot twists5
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