{"product_id":"9780141019970","title":"The History of Love by Nicole Krauss","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 and winner of the 2006 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, \u003ci\u003eThe History of Love\u003c\/i\u003e by bestselling author Nicole Krauss explores the lasting power of the written word and the lasting power of love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'When I was born my mother named me after every girl in a book my father gave her called \u003ci\u003eThe History of Love\u003c\/i\u003e. . . '\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying to find a cure for her mother's loneliness. Believing she might discover it in an old book her mother is lovingly translating, she sets out in search of its author. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross New York an old man called Leo Gursky is trying to survive a little bit longer. He spends his days dreaming of the love lost that sixty years ago in Poland inspired him to write a book. And although he doesn't know it yet, that book also survived: crossing oceans and generations, and changing lives. . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Wonderfully affecting...brilliant, touching and remarkably poised' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A tender tribute to human valiance. Who could be unmoved by a cast of characters whose daily battles are etched on out mind in such diamond-cut prose?' \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Devastating...one of the most passionate vindications of the written word in recent fiction. It takes one's breath away' \u003ci\u003eSpectator \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicole Krauss is an American bestselling author who has received international critical acclaim for her first three novels: \u003ci\u003eGreat House\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011), \u003ci\u003eThe History of Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMan Walks into a Room\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the LA Times Book Award), all of which are available in Penguin paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stirring Pages","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65961739583837,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1077\/7827\/7725\/files\/5001683482238.jpg?v=1789812007","url":"https:\/\/stirringpages.com\/products\/9780141019970","provider":"Stirring Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}