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An old man and a teenage girl are linked by a lost manuscript
2005Steady paceMelancholic
What it is about
Leo Gursky is an elderly man in New York who once wrote a book about love that was lost. Alma Singer, a young girl, is named after a character in a book her late father loved. Their paths cross through the story of the book.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like literary stories about lost things.
What you will get
A critically acclaimed novel.
The History of Love Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Lost manuscript · Love · Memory
Length
252 pages · ≈ 7 h
More about this book
Characters
Leo Gursky and Alma Singer.
Setting
New York and Poland.
What makes it different
Several narrators and a book within a book.
Feel
Poetic, sad and funny.
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