Winner of the 'Best of the Best' Adult category at the Independent Bookshop Week Awards 2016.
Winner of the Independent Booksellers' Book Award 2011.
Winner of the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2011.
Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011.
Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2010.
Costa Book Awards Judges' comment: "A book that is both highly original and tremendously moving. De Waal's subject matter is fascinating in itself, but what makes the book work so well is the delicacy with which he approaches his task and the emotion he invests within it."
Winner of the Galaxy New Writer of the Year 2010.
This is the definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller which tells the history of a family through 264 objects, set against a turbulent century, from an acclaimed writer and potter. With gorgeous new photography of the celebrated netsuke collection, and sumptuous full-colour images hand-picked by Edmund de Waal from his family archive of 264 Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox.
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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