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  • Fabulous family fresco  

    Recovered memory (Paperback)
    With this book, Edmund de Waal narrates the life of his family by following the journey of a collection of netsuke from Paris to Japan, that over a period of about 100 years. It is indeed following these 264 pieces he tells us the story of his family
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  • little known  

    Recovered memory (Paperback)
    The Effrussi, less known than the Rothschilds, knew the same climb to the tragedies of the Second World War. The collection of netsuke that serves as a frame to the (true) story is a interesante find.
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  • a journey through time  

    Recovered memory (Paperback)
    I close with sadness this book because I found it so interesting that I regret having already finished. It is with a member of the Ephrussi family we go back in time to know the origin of the collection of netsuke which .L'initiateur author inherits
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  • The great epic of tiny objects  

    Recovered memory (Paperback)
    A small Japanese netsuke is a topic of wood or ivory for closing the kimonos. Heir of one of the most important collections of netsuke, Edmund de Waal's gone in the footsteps of his ancestors to reconstruct the history of this collection. It is built
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  • in memoriam 1  

    Recovered memory (Paperback)
    Relational life of a wealthy Jewish family in Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. From a collection of netsuke (very small Japanese sculptures often facetious) the author goes in search of the life of his ancestors. He shares their dai
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