The hare with the amber eyes book club discussion

The hare with amber eyes by livres4moi see profile 012515. Sweeping yet intimate, it is a highly original meditation on art, history, and family, as elegant and precise as the netsuke themselves. But the title of the book and the expectations of a discussion about 264 netsuke are misleading. A familys century of art and loss summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching the hare with amber eyes. I wrote about this book and its paris connections back in 2011 art, books, paris. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on the hare with amber eyes. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. I was eager to know what all the fuss was about, particularly in the wake of the news that it was the cited in the annual book. Charles, like the rest of paris, became swept up in the fad of japonisme, which led to the original purchase of the netsuke.

On recent travels to austria, i remembered there was a vienna connection to this book and i was determined to track it down. The hare with amber eyes bernardsville public library. The hare with amber eyes, and it has been with me ever since. I was eager to know what all the fuss was about, particularly in the wake of the news that it was the cited. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. The discussion was a rousing success, mainly because the group was so divided and so emphatic in sharing their views. I think in this case it was a question of expectations. The hare with amber eyes quotes showing of 35 with languages, you can move from one social situation to another. If you had to make a bet, a good one would be that a book about netsuke. This book discussion group meets monthly and is open to new members who like to read memoirs and biographies. We had a nice crowd of folks to talk about the book, and though in the end, most folks liked the hare with amber eyes thats the british paperback pictured at left, german below in retrospect, there was a lot of grumbling during the reading process, and lots of quibbling with detail. Tanya harrod, the times literary supplement a beautiful and unusual book. How did the book club go regarding the hare with amber.

First thursday book club discussion questions the hare with. Jan 11, 2017 its quite wide ranging to say the least. The hare with amber eyes a rina kurland memorial sisterhood book club event. Having spent thirty years making beautiful potswhich are then sold, collected, and handed onhe has a particular sense of the secret lives of objects. The uniqueness of the hare w amber eyes is never really elaborated upon.

My blog post the hare with amber eyes the hare with amber eyes. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots which are then sold, collected, and handed on he has a. Jewish learningworks main office 44 page street suite 604 san francisco, ca 94102 415. The approach of the author at the beginning is to inject as many unused and large words as. The hare with amber eyes belongs on the same shelf with vladimir nabokovs speak, memory.

I am glad i did finish and the two of us had a great discussion about it. It takes the form of a memoir and tracks the ascent and decline of the ephrussi, his jewish ancestors. One book club member told me her club travelled to europe to cover some of the same ground as. Le west end one sunny april day i set out to find charles. The hare with amber eyes is a deliberate act of retrieval. Jewish learningworks, 44 page street, san francisco, ca, 94102. Click to the right or left of the sample to turn the page.

When he inherited a collection of 264 tiny japanese wood and ivory carvings. The discussion started with the artifacts around which the book is formed, the japanese netsuke, small, carved objects of various shapes and subjects. The hare with amber eyes the books the book club abc tv. Jul 03, 2015 i wrote about this book and its paris connections back in 2011 art, books, paris. Jan 12, 2020 a rina kurland memorial sisterhood book club event bnai shalom reads.

She is the author of the school librarians sourcebook and childrens books about the holocaust. I probably wouldnt have finished but felt obliged, since i lead the book club. The hare with amber eyes a familys century of art and loss. Edmund shares his story about discovering the history of his family while in search of the history of a japanese netsuke. The ephrussis lost almost everything in 1938 when the nazis aryanized their property.

Aug 02, 2011 a selfquestioning, witty, sharply perceptive book. Aug 21, 2018 but the title of the book and the expectations of a discussion about 264 netsuke are misleading. It felt like a very disjointed book that was somewhere between a family history and chronology of the arts and history. Much of the hare with amber eyes is about trying to discover who people are by the objects they own and the objects they value. First thursday book club discussion questions the hare. The hare with amber eyes in vienna american girls art. Aug 31, 2010 there are few, though, whose raw material has been crafted into quite such an engrossing and exquisitely written book as the hare with amber eyes.

The hare with the amber eyes, is a personal story but one that is teemed with history. Apr 14, 2014 my blog post the hare with amber eyes the hare with amber eyes book show9. Ive been a fan of the hare with amber eyes for years. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots which are then sold, collected, and handed on he has a particular sense of the secret lives of objects. Book club services haggadot in a box ebook collection. Greenwich pen womenperrot memorial library book discussion group preregister now at the adult circulation desk and get your copy of the book seating is limited to the first 20 registrants. I was speaking to one of my bookseller friends about our success with the hare with amber eyes we just passed our 50 mark, which is good. The hare with amber eyes is rich in epiphanic moments. The approach of the author at the beginning is to inject as many unused and. He has worked as a curator, lecturer, art critic and art historian and is a professor of ceramics at the university of westminster, he has received several awards and honours for his work. A fifthgeneration inheritor of a collection of tiny but invaluable wood and ivory carvings called netsuke that originated in the dynasties of premodern japan, he tracks the movement of his collection through time from nineteenthcentury europe to his present day in 2009. It makes for good discussion at a book club, but reading for pleasure it was not.

The henna artist opens a door into a world that is at. Who was your favourite character in the book and why. A familys century of art and loss is the story of the ephrussis, a great jewish family that lived in austria but was displaced with the advent of the nazis. The books title refers to one of the 264 netsuke which the author. The hare with amber eyes meet your next favorite book. The book had caught the imagination of the book club member who chose it but noone else in the book club managed to finish it apart from me. Perhaps the paperback edition of the book omitted the detailed photos of the objects and this skewed my reaction. The hare with amber eyes in vienna american girls art club.