The first monograph on this internationally famous potter and writer, this book brings to life the man behind The Hare with Amber Eyes. Stunning photography reveals a day in the life of de Waal and his studio and documents his major exhibitions and installations. Contributors include novelists Colm [...]

WITH A FOREWORD BY EDMUND DE WAAL, AUTHOR OF "THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES
"SET IN THE ASHES OF POST-SECOND WORLD WAR VIENNA, A POWERFUL, SUBTLE NOVEL OF EXILES RETURNING HOME FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER FLEEING HITLER'S DEADLY REIGN
Vienna is demolished by war, the city an alien landscape of ruined cas[...]

264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox: potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. Later, when Edmund inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger than he could ever have imagine[...]

An" Economist" Book of the Year Costa Book Award Winner for Biography Galaxy National Book Award Winner (New Writer of the Year Award)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[...]

Ceramics have kept pace with - or even led - new movements in art, from Art Nouveau, Art Deco, the Bauhaus and Futurism, through Abstract Expressionism, Pop and Performance, to Land Art and Installation Art. From orientalism and colour theory to modernism, postmodernism and the profuse diversity of [...]

The Ephrussis were a grand banking family, as rich and respected as the Rothschilds, who "burned like a comet" in nineteenth-century Paris and Vienna society. Yet by the end of World War II, almost the only thing remaining of their vast empire was a collection of 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of[...]

The Japanese netsuke is a thing of wonder: a utilitarian accessory to traditional Japanese dress that has become an art form in itself, prized by collectors from East to West. The V&A's collection of netsuke is world-famous, and this stunning book draws on its many highlights to explore the origins [...]

Edmund de Waals Haren med øyne av rav er en bok som knapt likner på noen andre: familiehistorie, memoarer, biografi, essay, fortelling, kunsthistorie, detektivroman. De færreste hadde forventninger til boken da den utkom i England sommeren 2010. Nå er de Waals bok et av de mest omtalte fenomenen[...]

Lysande berättelsen om en släkts dramatiska historia

En samling japanska miniatyrfigurer, så kallade netsuker, ärvda av en farmors bror, blev keramikern Edmund de Waals nyckel till den egna släktens dramatiska historia. Edmund de Waal berättar sin släkts spännande historia genom [...]