Letters to Camondo

'Immerses you in another age' Financial Times

By: Edmund de Waal

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Hardcover | 4 May 2021

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A haunting sequence of imagined letters to the Count de Camondo - the owner of a Parisian palace filled with beautiful objects, turned into a memorial for his lost son - by the bestselling author of The Hare with Amber Eyes

63 rue de Monceau, Paris
Dear friend,
As you may have guessed by now, I am not in your house by accident. 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. Like the Ephrussi, the Camondos were part of belle époque high society. They were also targets of anti-semitism.

Camondo created a spectacular house and filled it with the greatest private collection of French eighteenth-century art for his son to inherit. But when Nissim was killed in the First World War, it became a memorial and, on the Count's death, was bequeathed to France.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has remained unchanged since 1936. Edmund de Waal explores the lavish rooms and detailed archives and uncovers new layers to the family story. In a haunting series of letters addressed to the Count, he tells us what happened next.

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 the 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. He lives in London with his family.

Industry Reviews

'Consistently illuminating... considered, compassionate and appreciative... This book is a wonderful tribute to a family and to an idea'
Guardian

' Letters to Camondo immerses you in another age... de Waal creates a dazzling picture of what it means to live graciously'
Financial Times

'Subtle and thoughtful and nuanced and quiet. It is demanding but rewarding'
The Times

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