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- Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
- ISBN: 0393328627
- WAPI (Tower ID): 101790221
- Release Date: April 30, 2006
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #31651 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #3734 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #455 in Literary (See Top 100 Literary Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The History of Love"Browse more products related to "Nicole Krauss"Review"Writing with tenderness about eccentric characters, [Krauss] uses earthy humor to mask pain and to question the universe. Her distinctive voice is both plangent and wry, and her imagination encompasses many worlds." "A most unusual and original piece of fiction--and not to be missed." '[E]very page in HISTORY brings a shameless new claim on your affection with some bright, adorable image or work." First lineWhen they write my obituary. Tomorrow. Or the next day. It will say, LEO GURSKY IS SURVIVED BY AN APARTMENT FULL OF SHIT. Publisher's noteSixty years after a book's publication, its author remembers his lost love and missing son, while a teenage girl, named for one of the book's characters, seeks her namesake, as well as a cure for her widowed mother's loneliness. By the author of Man Walks Into a Room. First serial, The New Yorker. AnnotationLeo Gursky is sure he doesn't have long to live. He's 80-something, has a heart problem, and lives alone and lonely in New York. But years ago, in Poland, he wrote an autobiographical novel (called THE HISTORY OF LOVE) that had a heroine named Alma, who was based on the woman Leo was in love with. Now a young New York woman named after Leo's character is looking for the man who wrote the book. That's Leo. Or is it someone else entirely, a man named Zvi Litvinoff? And what about Bruno, Leo's upstairs neighbor? And Alma's widowed mother, Charlotte, who is translating the novel into English? Narrated by several characters in turn, Nicole Krauss's novel about lonely people trying to connect is based in part on the history of her own grandparents, whose photographs appear at the beginning of the book. If You Enjoy "The History of Love (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The History of Love (Paperback)" by Nicole Krauss (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Fiction & Literature Bestselling BooksExplore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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