The History of Love, Nicole Krauss
The History of Love, Nicole Krauss
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The History of Love

Author: Nicole Krauss

Narrator: Andy Paris, Barbara Caruso, George Guidall, Julia Gibson

Unabridged: 9 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/04/2005


Synopsis

Nicole Krauss' first novel, Man Walks Into a Room, was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and her short fiction has been collected in Best American Short Stories. Now The History of Love proves Krauss is among our finest and freshest literary voices. It has been decades since Leo Gursky first surrendered his heart, then wrote a book about it, at the tender age of 10, and he's been in love with the same person ever since. Leo believes his book is lost to time, but what he doesn't know is, not only has it survived 60 years without him, it has also been an inspiration to others. Fourteen-year-old Alma was even named for a character from the book. When she realizes how deeply the story touched her lonely mother, she embarks on a search for answers. The History of Love is an imaginative tale of love and loss that is at once funny, mysterious, and deeply passionate.

About Nicole Krauss

Nicole Krauss is the author of the novels Forest Dark, Great House, The History of Love, and Man Walks Into a Room. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s, Esquire, and The Best American Short Stories, and her books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. She is currently the inaugural writer-in-residence at Columbia University’s Mind, Brain, and Behavior Institute. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jason on May 28, 2012

I need to cut the crap with my preconceptions. Although I almost unfailingly launch into a new novel with great enthusiasm like a kid on Christmas morning, anxious to discover what hidden treasure awaits, for some reason I held out little hope for Mrs. Foer’s book about a book about love. Maybe it’s......more

Goodreads review by Ian on September 26, 2014

Original Comments (Pre-Review): I would like to review this novel more formally in the near future, but to do so I'll have to flick through it and refresh my memory. My reaction at the time was that it was one of the best novels I had ever read. Nicole Krauss understands people and love and feelings an......more

Goodreads review by Violet on September 06, 2016

The great tragedy of life is this then, our friends are not allowed to finish their stories. My second reading of this book bore out my feeling the first time I read it. The first two hundred pages are a stunningly beautiful and moving account of love and loss and the stories hidden within stories a......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on June 27, 2014

I tend to be an emotional reader and my ratings reflect that. I finish books filled with excitement or sadness or intense dislike and write equally passionate reviews/rants, often including snazzy gifs to make my point. This is why some classics get 1 star and J.K. Rowling gets 5 stars and even Twil......more

Goodreads review by Candi on March 27, 2017

"All I want is not to die on a day when I went unseen." Leopold Gursky, Holocaust survivor, is a lonely old man who dreams of his long-lost love Alma Mereminski and survives each day with the desire to just be noticed by someone. He has one single soul he can call a friend in this world, Bruno, his “......more