Suurbritannia keraamik Edmund de Waal jutustab raamatus „Merevaigusilmadega jänes” oma perekonna loo. Ephrussid olid Venemaalt Pariisi ja Viini rännanud suur rikas juudi soost pankurite suguvõsa, kelle jõukusest oli Teise maailmasõja lõpuks alles jäänud üsna vähe. Säilinud oli Jaapani tillukeste nikerdatud kujukeste kogu, mida oli peres põlvest põlve edasi antud. Päranduseks saadud netsukete jälgi ajades saab autor oma suguvõsa ajaloost nii mõndagi teada. Kujukesed ostis kunstikoguja Charles...
"Other things in the world are white but for me porcelain comes first" A handful of clay from a Chinese hillside carries a promise: that mixed with the right materials, it might survive the fire of the kiln, and fuse into porcelain - translucent, luminous, white. Acclaimed writer and potter Edmund de Waal sets out on a quest - a journey that begins in the dusty city of Jingdezhen in China and travels on to Venice, Versailles, Dublin, Dresden, the Appalachian Mountains of South Carolina and...
From the author of the bestselling phenomenon The Hare with Amber Eyes As you may have guessed by now, I am not in your house by accident. I know your street rather well. The Camondos lived just a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's forebears. Like de Waal's family, they were part of belle epoque high society. They were also targets of anti-Semitism. Count Moise de Camondo created a spectacular house filled with art for his son to inherit. Over a century later, de Waal explores the...