How to Begin

A book about finding a creative voice and becoming an artist via a scintillating new discovery in Edmund de Waal's family archives: letters between his grandmother and Rainer Maria Rilke. The letters are framed in de Waal's imitable style and he has worked with translator Karen Leeder to create an inspiring book about the challenges of setting out on a creative life as a young person, and the solaces that come from having a mentor and friend.