Nicole Krauss
4 SeriesNicole Krauss is an acclaimed American author whose literary fiction has earned her the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing and France’s Prix du Meilleur Livre Ėtranger. Her work was also named the #1 book of the year by Amazon.com. Recognized as one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists in 2007 and one of the 20 best writers under 40 by The New Yorker in 2010, Krauss's fiction has appeared in prominent publications such as The New Yorker and Harper’s.
In "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss, Leo Gursky, an elderly man, taps his radiator nightly to signal his presence to his neighbor. In his youth in Poland, Leo wrote a book inspired by his love. Decades later, on a different continent, fourteen-year-old Alma, named after a character from Leo's book, embarks on a quest to find her namesake. Her journey intertwines with Leo's past, aiming to save her family and uncover the connections between their lives.
