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The History Of Love

Nicole Krauss

Leo Gursky is a Polish Jew who arrived in America after surviving the horrors of World War 2. A writer by nature he wrote a book about the only girl he ever loved – the girl who left for the USA before German onslaught could begin.

Alma Singer is nearly fifteen, a Jewish girl growing up in New York, her family traumatised by the loss of her father. She is named after every girl in a book called A History Of Love.

After Alma’s mother is asked to translate A History Of Love from the Spanish into English events begin intertwine and histories unravel as Krauss spins the story’s threads.

This a lovely, surprisingly moving, little book about the nature of love, human connection and the power of lies and self-deception to alter lives.

I’d definitely recommend it as a read if you’re not in a particularly cynical frame of mind.

Rating: A

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