Recumbent hare with raised forepaw, signed Masatoshi Ivory, eyes inlaid in amber-colored buffalo horn. Osaka, Japan, c. 1880. (de Waal family collection) It’s a summary of the best-selling book, with illustrations, so is it even needed? NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE F irst published in 2010, Edmund de Waal’s The Hare with Amber Eyes is partly history, partly an art story, partly a family memoir, and partly de Waal’s autobiography. Now this poignant, lyrical book is an exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan. At its best, the book and the show — probing the rise, fall, and metamorphosis of a Jewish...
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