The History of Love
by Nicole Krauss
Taste attributes: dramaromanceslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticsurrealenclosedemotive & stirringlove conquers allunlikely connectionssolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeA stirring novel that is slow-paced, small-scale and serious. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.4 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Nicole Krauss
- Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 272
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