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Letters to Camondo

by Edmund de Waal
RM67.00 MYR
Letters to Camondo
Letters to Camondo

Imaginary letters unveil a collector's poignant legacy.

"Letters to Camondo" isn't just a book—it's a time capsule. It transports you into the intimate world of a family marked by tragedy, art, and history. As you read Edmund de Waal's personal reflections that bridge the past to the present, you'll find a mirror to your own thoughts on memory, loss, and the relentless march of time. It's particularly touching for anyone who appreciates art's power to preserve and tell stories, connecting us across generations.

  • American Library in Paris Nominee (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Letters to Camondo

by Edmund de Waal
RM67.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9780374603489
Authors: Edmund de Waal
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date of Publication: 2021-05-11
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Art, History, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Biography, Memoir, Historical, European History, Art History, War, World War II
Goodreads rating: 4.15
(rated by 2046 readers)

Description

A collection of imaginary letters from Edmund de Waal to Moise de Camondo, the banker and art collector who built a spectacular Paris house, now the Musée Nissim de Camondo, and filled it with a renowned private collection of French eighteenth‑century art. The Camondos were a Jewish family from Constantinople, "the Rothschilds of the East," who settled in Paris in the 1870s and became philanthropists, art collectors, and fixtures of Belle Époque society, as well as targets of antisemitism — much like de Waal's relatives, the Ephrussi family, to whom they were connected. Moise de Camondo built the house and filled it with art for his son, Nissim; after Nissim was killed in the First World War, the house was bequeathed to the French state. Eventually, the Camondos were murdered by the Nazis. After de Waal, one of the world's greatest ceramic artists, was invited to exhibit in the Camondo house, he began to write letters to Moise de Camondo. These fifty letters are deeply personal reflections on assimilation, melancholy, family, art, the vicissitudes of history, and the value of memory.
 

Imaginary letters unveil a collector's poignant legacy.

"Letters to Camondo" isn't just a book—it's a time capsule. It transports you into the intimate world of a family marked by tragedy, art, and history. As you read Edmund de Waal's personal reflections that bridge the past to the present, you'll find a mirror to your own thoughts on memory, loss, and the relentless march of time. It's particularly touching for anyone who appreciates art's power to preserve and tell stories, connecting us across generations.

  • American Library in Paris Nominee (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.