The History of Love: Nicole Krauss (Penguin Essentials) Krauss, Nicole Summary "'When I was born my mother named me after every girl in a book my father gave her called The History of Love ... "'When I was born my mother named me after every girl in a book my father gave her called The History of Love ... ' Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying to find a cure for her mother's loneliness. Believing 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 called Leo Gursky is trying to survive a little bit longer. He spends his days dreaming of the love lost that 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 ..."--Back cover. Perfect for fans of Arborist Merchandising Root, Self Service, Custom Stores, Womens Literary Fiction Books, Literary Fiction Books, Contemporary Fiction Books. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 252 pages · Paperback By Krauss, Nicole Details ISBN: 9780141019970 Author: Krauss, Nicole Format: Paperback Pages: 252 Language: English Publication date: 6 January 2006 Condition: Used – Very Good About the authors Krauss, Nicole and Nicole Krauss · Publisher: Penguin UK More about this book Reviews These days he assumes that the book, and his dreams, are irretrievably lost, until one day they return to him in the form of a brown envelope.
