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A familys century of art and loss is the story of the ephrussis, a great jewish family that lived in. The ephrussis were a grand banking family, as rich and respected as the rothschilds. Aug 31, 2010 the hare with amber eyes is a delicately constructed and wonderfully nuanced investigation of that bitter decline, and of the traces of the ephrussis lives that still linger in the physical fabric of the world around him. Michael maloney 264 japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox. I dont know because i didnt experience the physical book. The hare with amber eyes montanalibrary2go overdrive. Read the full excerpt listen to an excerpt from the audiobook. 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.
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