Ten years ago, a book became an international bestseller that initially nobody really had in mind: “The Hare with the Amber Eyes” by Edmund de Waal, a century and a half of world history based on a family history, which in turn tells on the basis of a collection of the smallest Japanese carvings , so-called netsuke.
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Now Edmund de Waal has published a new novel, "Camondo" it is called, according to the subtitle "a family story in letters", at the same time the story of a Paris street, the rue de Monceau, in which the said "rabbit with the amber eyes" together with the other netsuke has been kept for a long time.
How does “Camondo” exceed or complement the cosmos of “The Hare with Amber Eyes”?
Is the form of the letter novel convincing?
How do the porcelain art and the literary works of Edmund de Waal relate to one another?
We talk about "Camondo", the background, the quality of this book and about its author with the FAZ literary director Andreas Platthaus.
Edmund de Waal's “Camondo” was published by Zsolnay at the end of September, was translated by Brigitte Hilzensauer, has 192 pages and costs 26 euros.
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