The Hare with Amber Eyes

The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance (2010) is a family memoir by British ceramicist Edmund de Waal.^[1] De Waal tells the story of his family, the Ephrussi, once a very wealthy European Jewish banking dynasty, centred in Odessa, Vienna and Paris, and peers of the Rothschild family.^[1] The Ephrussis lost almost everything in 1938 when the Nazis confiscated their property,^[1] and were unable to recover most of their property after the war, including priceless artwork; an easily hidden collection of 264 Japanese netsuke miniature sculptures was saved, tucked away inside a mattress by Anna, a loyal maid at Palais Ephrussi in Vienna during the war years. The collection has been passed down through five generations of the Ephrussi family, providing a common thread for the story of its fortunes from 1871 to 2009.

The book was described by German literary scholar Oliver vom Hove as an “unprecedentedly precise memory book”.^[2] It was reviewed in The Washington Post by Michael Dirda,^[3]The Guardian by Rachel Cooke,^[4]The Economist,^[5] and The International Netsuke Society Journal. ^[6]

In 2021, The Hare with Amber Eyes was distributed in Vienna as a free book, with a print run of 100,000 copies.

• 2010 The Economist, Books of the Year list^[7]
• 2010 Galaxy National Book Award, New Writer of the Year^[8]
• 2010 Costa Book Awards, winner (Biography)
• 2011 ALA Notable Book
• 2011 JQ Wingate Prize, shortlist^[9]
• 2011 Ondaatje Prize, winner^[10]

• First UK edition: The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance, Chatto & Windus, Great Britain, 2010.
• الطبعة الأمريكية الأولى: الأرنب ذو العيون العنبرية: قرن من الفن والفقدان لعائلة ، دار نشر فارار، ستراوس وجيرو ، نيويورك، 2010. رقم ISBN 978-0-374-10597-6

الوسائط المتعلقة بلوحة "الأرنب ذو العيون العنبرية" (مجموعة إفروسي) على ويكيميديا ​​كومنز

• موقع مؤلف كتاب "الأرنب ذو العيون العنبرية" .
• إدموند دي وال على يوتيوب، من تأليف راندوم ريدز، 29 يونيو 2010.