{"product_id":"the-history-of-love","title":"The History of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 and winner of the 2006 Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, The History of Love explores the lasting power of the written word and the lasting power of love. Published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'When I was born my mother named me after every girl in a book my father gave her called \u003cem\u003eThe History of Love.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying to find a cure for her mother's loneliness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBelieving she might discover it in an old book her mother is lovingly translating, she sets out in search of its author. Across 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd although he doesn't know it yet, that book also survived: crossing oceans and generations, and changing lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicole Krauss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44086077817089,"sku":"9780241973639","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-10-13T144843.081.png?v=1697204986","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/the-history-of-love","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}