The History of Love

A Novel

272 pages

English language

Published May 1, 2006 by W. W. Norton.

ISBN:
978-0-393-32862-2
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5 stars (1 review)

Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying to find a cure for her mother's loneliness. Believing that she might discover it in an old book her mother is lovingly translating, she sets out in search of its author. Across New York an old man named Leo Gursky is trying to survive a little bit longer.

He spends his days dreaming of the lost love who, sixty years ago in Poland, inspired him to write a book. And although he doesn't know it yet, that book also survived: crossing oceans and generations, and changing lives.

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This book is a jewel! I don't care if Nicole never writes anything good after this. This one masterpiece instantly puts her on the same shelf with Dostoyevsky and Murakami. Instant classic!

I can hardly believe Nicole was only 30 when she wrote the book. And yet... The writing is brilliant. No plot, no silly descriptions - just the characters and their stories told in their authentic voices. Breathtaking!

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