{"product_id":"history-of-love","title":"History Of Love","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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Wonderfully affecting...brilliant, touching and remarkably poised'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57548935201150,"sku":"NW9780141019970","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141019970.jpg?v=1781520750","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/history-of-love","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}