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Synopsis
Leo 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.
| Size | | Length: | 252 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 8.8 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "When they write my obituary. Tomorrow. Or the next day. It will say, LEO GURSKY IS SURVIVED BY AN APARTMENT FULL OF SHIT."
Industry Reviews
"A most unusual and original piece of fiction--and not to be missed."
Kirkus (02/15/2005)
"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."
Publishers Weekly (02/21/2005)
'[E]very page in HISTORY brings a shameless new claim on your affection with some bright, adorable image or work."
Entertainment Weekly (05/06/2005)
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