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DescriptionSamson Greene, a young and popular professor at Columbia University, is found wandering in the Nevada desert. When his wife, Anna, comes to take him home, she finds a man who remembers nothing, not even his own name. The removal of a small brain tumour saves his life, but his memories beyond the age of twelve are permanently lost. ReviewsPraise for The History of Love: 'Charming, tender and wholly original' J. M. Coetzee 'This is a wonderful novel, erupting with life ... building to a perfect, heartbreaking end' Daily Mail Author descriptionNicole Krauss was born in New York in 1974. This is her first novel, which was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Best Book Award. Her second novel, The History of Love, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She lives in Brooklyn. |