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The History of Love

Nicole Krauss

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The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
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Oct 23, 2009 Beth Knight rated it really liked it

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This was a wonderful book and I liked how all the individual stories ultimately came together at the end. One of my favorite characters was the young, "present day" Alma, and of course I really liked Leopoldo Gursky. I loved how the book went back and forth between the characters' perspectives and how it went back and forth between past and present. This "technique" works well for me because I feel like I end up knowing more about each character that way. ...more

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Feb 05, 2009 Bookmarks Magazine added it · review of another edition

Krauss's second novel (after 2002's Man Walks Into a Room) originally appeared in abbreviated form in The New Yorker. That piece failed to capture the novel's maddening complexity and brilliance. Critics describe History of Love as poignant, hilarious, and ingenious__and perhaps too smart for its own good. The literary pyrotechnics that some commended__the doppelg

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Sep 27, 2009 Das rated it really liked it

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The History of Love is a novel within a novel. Generally speaking, the characters all suffer from some sort of loss/grief but, refreshingly, there is no resolution of their experiences. Often, authors focus on wrapping up their literary package with a nice, pretty bow. Not the case with The History of Love.
Krauss briefly alludes to the Holocaust but it is not the main theme and in no way takes away from the story.
The History of Love twist and turns at every corner with rich character developmen ...more

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May 25, 2009 Julie rated it it was amazing

LOVED this book the first time around (especially the ending). Reading it again for a book group, and loving it again. Very sad for me, though.

Yep, loved it again. There's some ambiguity about what the truth is here, and if all of the characters are real (in the book). Unreliable narrators. I'm not sure what the truth is, but I did love the characters and the dedication to the idea of love (as well as to individual people). It's just such a beautiful thought, that even if you don't accomplish an ...more

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