Nicole Krauss

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Nicole Krauss

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in Brooklyn, New York, The United States
January 01, 1974

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Nicole Krauss is the author of the international bestseller The History of Love, which was published by W.W. Norton in 2005. It won the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, France’s Prix du Meilleur Livre Ėtranger, was named #1 book of the year by Amazon.com, and was short-listed for the Orange, Médicis, and Femina prizes. Her first novel, Man Walks Into a Room, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award for First Fiction. In 2007, she was selected as one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists, and in 2010 The New Yorker named her one of the 20 best writers under 40. Her fiction has been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Esquire, and Best American Short Stories, and her books have been translated into more than...more


Average rating: 3.78 · 73,311 ratings · 8,988 reviews · 8 distinct works · Similar authors
The History of Love
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 60,529 ratings — published 2005 — 56 editions
Great House
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 8,859 ratings — published 2010 — 36 editions
Man Walks Into a Room
3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 3,446 ratings — published 2002 — 24 editions
An Arrangement of Light
3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2012
Zusya on the Roof
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
Best European Fiction 2012
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
The Future Dictionary of Am...
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 341 ratings5 editions
Something to Remember Me By...
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions
Όταν όλα καταρρέουν
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October 2010, Nicole Krauss
"Her Favorite Works in Translation: The Brooklyn romantic who penned The History of Love shares her favorite "books in translation" in honor of her new globe-trotting novel, Great House." ...More

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“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”
Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

“there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.”
Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

“Maybe the first time you saw her you were ten. She was standing in the sun scratching her legs. Or tracing letters in the dirt with a stick. Her hair was being pulled. Or she was pulling someone's hair. And a part of you was drawn to her, and a part of you resisted--wanting to ride off on your bicycle, kick a stone, remain uncomplicated. In the same breath you felt the strength of a man, and a self-pity that made you feel small and hurt. Part of you thought: Please don't look at me. If you don't, I can still turn away. And part of you thought: Look at me.”
Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

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