Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elective Affinities | 2019 | Edmund de Waal | Buy |
| 2 | Poor Crisp: Some Shards and Fragments | 2021 | Edmund de Waal | N/A |
Edmund de Waal’s collections represent some of his more intimate writing projects. Elective Affinities (2019) and Poor Crisp: Some Shards and Fragments (2021) are shorter works that sit alongside his major non-fiction titles, offering a more personal and fragmentary approach to the themes that run through all his writing.
Both books reflect de Waal’s lifelong attention to objects and their histories. Where his larger works trace these interests across generations and continents, these collections work on a smaller scale, focusing on particular connections and moments of encounter between an artist and the things that shape his thinking.