Letters to Camondo

Name: Letters to Camondo
Brand: Vintage Publishing
SKU: 9781529114294
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‘Immerses you in another age’ Financial Times

By Edmund de Waal

4.15

( 1,891 ratings, 290 reviews)

Summary

In Letters to Camondo, Edmund de Waal crafts a poignant collection of letters addressed to Count Moïse de Camondo, a wealthy Parisian banker and art collector of the early 20th century. The book delves into themes of memory, loss, and the legacy of a remarkable family through the artefacts and personal stories linked to their once-grand home.
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You might like this book if you enjoy deeply personal and historical narratives that explore family legacy, art, and culture through beautifully crafted letters.

Letters to Camondo

I know your street rather well.

Count Moïse de Camondo lived a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's forebears, the Ephrussi, first encountered in his bestselling memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes. Edmund de Waal explores the lavish rooms and detailed archives and uncovers new layers to the family story.

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From the author of the bestselling phenomenon The Hare with Amber Eyes, discover the rise and fall of an extraordinary family in twentieth century Europe.

As you may have guessed by now, I am not in your house by accident. I know your street rather well.

The Camondos lived just a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's forebears. Like de Waal's family, they were part of belle époque high society. They were also targets of anti-Semitism.

Count Moise de Camondo created a spectacular house filled with art for his son to inherit. Over a century later, de Waal explores the lavish rooms and detailed archives and, in a haunting series of letters addressed to Camondo, he tells us what happened next.

Illuminating... A wonderful tribute to a family and to an idea – Guardian

Letters to Camondo immerses you in another age... Dazzling – Financial Times

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Letters to Camondo has received high praise for its meditation on exile, migration, and polarisation, feeling painfully relevant. Critics have described it as a marvellous, elegant, and tender book that is disturbing yet appreciative of high culture and civilisation. The Evening Standard commends de Waal's writing for opening a window onto an entire lost world, while the Observer finds it unforgettable. The Times notes it will change your perspective on historical objects and old letters.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529114294

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 June 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 322g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Edmund de Waal is an artist whose porcelain is exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. His bestselling memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes, won the RSL Ondaatje prize and the Costa Biography Award and in 2015 he was awarded the Windham-Campbell prize for non-fiction by Yale University. The White Road, a journey into the history of porcelain, was published in 2015. He lives in London with his family. www.edmunddewaal.com