264 wood and ivory carvings of animals, plants and people, none of them larger than a matchbox; apprentice potter Edmund de Waal was entranced by the collection when he first encountered it in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. When he inherited them, he discovered that they unlocked a story larger than he could have imagined.

Author Waal, Edmund De Published by Vintage ISBN 9780099539551 EAN 9780099539551 Bic Code Cover Paperback