How to Begin
letters to a young writer
$33.99
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
Inspiration for a creative life from the author of the international bestselling THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES and LETTERS TO CAMONDO.
“I believe you can live in a book of poems.”
A book about finding a creative voice and becoming an artist via a startling rediscovery in Edmund de Waal’s family archives - letters between his grandmother and the charismatic poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
With letters translated from the German by prizewinning translator, Kare…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784746704 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784746703 |
| Author: | Edmund de Waal |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Chatto & Windus |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 136mm x 204mm |
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Critics Review
Artmaking, poetry, the wisdom of elders and the naivety of youth all coincide in these illuminating pages * Bookseller *
Edmund de Waal
Edmund de Waal is an artist, writer, and potter. His family memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes (2010) won the Costa Biography Award and the RSL Ondaatje Prize, and has sold over a million copies worldwide. The White Road (2015), a journey into the history of porcelain, was followed by the Sunday Times-bestselling Letters to Camondo (2021). De Waal’s books have been translated into 30 languages. He lives in London.
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