Kutchinsky's Egg: A Family Story of Love, Loss and Obsession
Autor Serena Kutchinskyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 mar 2026
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When she was eleven years old, Serena Kutchinsky’s father Paul was consumed by a wild dream. Heir to the legendary jewellery company House of Kutchinsky, he wanted to create the world’s largest jewelled egg – more lavish and beautiful than any of Fabergé’s masterpieces.
Standing two-feet tall, made of solid gold, dripping with rare pink diamonds and housing a tiny enamelled library, the Argyle Library Egg was truly astonishing. The problem was: nobody would buy it. The House of Kutchinsky collapsed, Paul’s marriage fell apart – and within ten years he was dead. The egg was seized by its creditors and disappeared without a trace.
For thirty years its location remained a mystery, until it began to obsess Serena, too. Why did her father risk everything for this outlandish creation, and where in the world was it – valued by now at £30 million? Intent on finding answers, she set out on a journey that begins in London’s East End – with the arrival of her great, great grandparents as Jewish immigrants from Poland – and takes her to the most unexpected of places.
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‘This book sparkles with pride, passion, love, family, heritage, greed and mystery. Just like its subject, it's a gem’ OLIVER BULLOUGH
‘Mesmerising’ ARIANNA NEUMANN
‘A jewel of a thriller – impossible to put down’ CAROL WOOLTON
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781398532854
ISBN-10: 1398532851
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 23 mm
Ediția:Export/Airside
Editura: Gallery UK
Colecția Gallery UK
ISBN-10: 1398532851
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 23 mm
Ediția:Export/Airside
Editura: Gallery UK
Colecția Gallery UK
Recenzii
‘A heady mix of intimate family memoir, refugee history and exploration of the gilded world of fine jewellery, Kutchinsky’s Egg is a thrilling read. At its heart, is a daughter’s bold and extraordinary quest to understand her father. This is a mesmerising tale, beautifully told. I could not put it down’
‘Vulnerable, questing and uniquely moving, Kutchinsky's Egg is a sparkling story of loss, love and redemption'
'Kutchinsky's Egg is a wild and fascinating trip, a vivid story of a father's obsession and a daughter's love, but it also explores how we live with our emotional inheritances, and how we ultimately make peace with them'
‘Rich in details, sharp in suspense and devastating in its revelations. This is a jewel of a thriller – impossible to put down'
‘A memoir of fixations, big diamonds, big money, big ambitions, fur coats and grand houses, a pushy matriarch, love and loss, internecine melees, the rise and fall of a family of skilled and aesthetically incomparable Jewish jewellers in Britain. The writing is both intimate and dramatic. The storyteller confides in the reader as she unearths buried truths, secrets and lies. Utterly brilliant’
‘Vulnerable, questing and uniquely moving, Kutchinsky's Egg is a sparkling story of loss, love and redemption'
'Kutchinsky's Egg is a wild and fascinating trip, a vivid story of a father's obsession and a daughter's love, but it also explores how we live with our emotional inheritances, and how we ultimately make peace with them'
‘Rich in details, sharp in suspense and devastating in its revelations. This is a jewel of a thriller – impossible to put down'
‘A memoir of fixations, big diamonds, big money, big ambitions, fur coats and grand houses, a pushy matriarch, love and loss, internecine melees, the rise and fall of a family of skilled and aesthetically incomparable Jewish jewellers in Britain. The writing is both intimate and dramatic. The storyteller confides in the reader as she unearths buried truths, secrets and lies. Utterly brilliant’
Descriere
A stunning story of obsession and lost glamour, fathers and daughters, for readers of The Hare with Amber Eyes, Laura Cumming and Michael Finkel.