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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. I really enjoyed it, though I was left still wanting to know more about the netsuke themselves ( ) This was a beautifully told memoir (and history book) about Edmund De Waal's ancestors as he traces back the path of his inherited netsuke collection. The book begins with Charles Ephrussi purchasing the collection in 1870s Paris where Charles is a patron of the arts and rubs elbows with many of the Impressionist painters and Proust, among other notables. With the next generation, the netsuke move on to high society in Vienna and then the horrors of Nazism and war. Lastly the netsuke end up in Tokyo after the war. Here's what I wrote in 2012 about this read: "Very nice, suprisingly. A very interesting family history told through the story of a treasured set of tiny Japanese wood and ivory carvings, called netsuke. The family is Jewish, of immense wealth via banking, and loses nearly everything in WWII . . . but not the netsuke." This book disappointed, annoyed and fascinated me all at the same time. I'm tempted to give it a 2, but there were enough lovely sentences to give it a 3. I found the writing and treatment of the characters and topics incredibly pretentious. de Waal's skill at crafting sentences cannot be denied, but everything was so overladen with significance to the point that it verged on parody. Every thought, every vista, every piece of furniture was hyper-imbued with meaning--no ancestral purchase, daily task or friendship was unworthy of deep reflection. For me this work verged on and often into melodrama, which interfered greatly with the author's unfolding tale.
Edmund de Waal kreeg van een oudoom 264 gordelknopen. Ze leidden tot het schrijven van de geschiedenis van zijn joodse familie, met mooie verhalen, PalkinnotDistinctionsNotable Lists
Traces the parallel stories of nineteenth-century art patron Charles Ephrussi and his unique collection of 360 miniature netsuke Japanese ivory carvings, documenting Ephrussi's relationship with Marcel Proust and the impact of the Holocaust on his cosmopolitan family. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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