Edmund De Waal: 7 books

«Ho amato ogni parola di questo libro... de Waal conosce perfettamente il materiale che ha trasformato in vasi bellissimi; un libro magico che alla fine crea un rapporto profondo con il suo lettore». A.N. Wilson, «Financial Times» «Il libro torna continuamente al bianco, alla sua bellezza,...

Nenhuma das 264 miniaturas japonesas entalhadas em madeira e marfim era maior que uma caixa de fósforos. Edmund de Waal ficou fascinado ao encontrar essa coleção em Tóquio, no apartamento de seu tio-avô, Ignace. Mais tarde, quando Edmund herdou os netsuquês, eles revelaram uma história muito...

«Incantevole» Natalia Aspesi, la Repubblica «Raramente un libro ha conquistato a tal punto il pubblico amante dell’arte e della letteratura» Livia Manera, Corriere della Sera Un'elegante vetrina nella casa londinese di Edmund de Waal contiene 264 sculture giapponesi di avorio,...

The definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller Two hundred and sixty-four Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in his great-uncle Iggie's Tokyo apartment. When he later...

An intimate narrative history of porcelain, structured around five journeys through landscapes where porcelain was dreamed about, fired, refined, collected, and coveted. Extraordinary new nonfiction, a gripping blend of history and memoir, by the author of the award-winning and bestselling...

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,...

Aan het einde van de negentiende eeuw koopt Charles Ephrussi, een schatrijke graanhandelaar en kunstliefhebber, een verzameling netsukes: traditionele Japanse figuurtjes van ivoor of hout. De kostbare beeldjes worden een geliefd familiebezit. Wanneer veertig jaar later de nazi’s Wenen bezetten en...