The History of Love

For the last blog post of quarter 2, I am going to blog about a novel I just started reading! The book is, The history of Love by Nicole Krauss. I found this book because one of my friends had mentioned how much she loved it, and coincidentally the next day I saw this book in another one of my friends houses, and they let me borrow it. So. Without really knowing anything about the book you can somewhat assume it is going to be about love, which I find is a subject which is easily relatable. The story begins by focusing on one man, Leo Gursky, who does not seem to much of anything, and is on the road “out of life.” Leo talks about how he has began to do things like go try on shoes he doesn’t need, or just walk around the grocery store, simply because he is lonely and is eager to make human connection. As the novel continues Leo begins to reminisce on his life. We find out he grew up very far away as a Jew in Poland, and he was once a writer. He made his way to America when everyone in his town was killed but him. I am still a bit puzzled as to how this story is going to turn in to something that has to do with love, but what I have read is actually pretty interesting. I hope this book is as good as my friend made it sound!