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''The Hare with Amber Eyes'' (2010) is a family memoir by British ceramicist Edmund de Waal.〔('Hare' chronicles unheard of Jewish family ), The Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh (6 September 2011)〕 De Waal tells the story of his family, the Ephrussi, once a very wealthy European Jewish banking dynasty, centered in Odessa, Vienna and Paris, and peers of the Rothschild family.〔 The Ephrussis lost almost everything in 1938 when the Nazis aryanized their property.〔 Even after the war, the family failed to recover most of its extensive property, including priceless artwork, but an easily hidden collection of 264 Japanese netsuke miniature sculptures was miraculously 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. ==Awards and honours== *2011 Ondaatje Prize, winner. *2011 JQ Wingate Prize, shortlist.〔(Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 2011 )〕 *2011 ALA Notable Book. *2010 Costa Book Awards, winner (Biography). *2010 Galaxy National Book Award, New Writer of the Year〔(Galaxy National Book Awards ), Northumberland County Council〕 *2010 Amazon.com, Best of the Month, September *2010 ''The Economist'', Books of the Year list〔(Books of the Year, 2010 ), ''The Economist''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hare with Amber Eyes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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