Edmund de Waal Letters to Camondo Paperback Book

From the author of the bestselling phenomenon The Hare with Amber EyesAs 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 Waals forebears. Like de Waals family, they were part of belle poque high society. They were also targets of antiSemitism. Count Mose 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 GuardianLetters to Camondo immerses you in another age... Dazzling Financial Times | Edmund de Waal Letters to Camondo Paperback Book