The History of Love: A Novel
3 journalers for this copy...
"A long-lost book reappears, mysteriously connecting an old man searching for his son and a girl seeking a cure for her widowed mother's loneliness.
Leo Gursky is just about surviving, tapping his radiator each evening to let his upstairs neighbor know he's still alive. But life wasn't always like this: sixty years ago, in the Polish village where he was born, Leo fell in love and wrote a book. And though Leo doesn't know it, that book survived, inspiring fabulous circumstances, even love. Fourteen-year-old Alma was named after a character in that very book. And although she has her hands full—keeping track of her brother, Bird (who thinks he might be the Messiah), and taking copious notes on How to Survive in the Wild—she undertakes an adventure to find her namesake and save her family. With consummate, spellbinding skill, Nicole Krauss gradually draws together their stories."
I know at one time this was on a lot of people's wishlists, so I snatched it up at the library book sale. This copy is just very slightly warped (likely some water damage).
See my original review HERE.
Leo Gursky is just about surviving, tapping his radiator each evening to let his upstairs neighbor know he's still alive. But life wasn't always like this: sixty years ago, in the Polish village where he was born, Leo fell in love and wrote a book. And though Leo doesn't know it, that book survived, inspiring fabulous circumstances, even love. Fourteen-year-old Alma was named after a character in that very book. And although she has her hands full—keeping track of her brother, Bird (who thinks he might be the Messiah), and taking copious notes on How to Survive in the Wild—she undertakes an adventure to find her namesake and save her family. With consummate, spellbinding skill, Nicole Krauss gradually draws together their stories."
I know at one time this was on a lot of people's wishlists, so I snatched it up at the library book sale. This copy is just very slightly warped (likely some water damage).
See my original review HERE.
Sending off to Breeze, via Morsecode in the U.S., to fulfill a relay. Enjoy, Bree! :')
This book arrived in Buffalo, NY yesterday.
It seems to have had a really rough trip in the mail, but it''s definitely still readable.
I''m setting it aside to hand over to Breeze144 next time I see her.
It seems to have had a really rough trip in the mail, but it''s definitely still readable.
I''m setting it aside to hand over to Breeze144 next time I see her.
Received today! Thanks!
