Books
by Nicole Krauss
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Great House |
The writer is young, beautiful and writes like an angel; the literary establishment are apparently grinding their teeth! Four narrators, tenuously linked by their histories, their memories, their Jewishness, the people they love and the impossibility of truly knowing and understanding those you care about the most. Lucid, infuriating and illuminating, I was captivated but be warned, if you only enjoy a straight narrative, you might want to throw it out of the window.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 62 Autumn 2011) |
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The History of Love |
Leo Gursky struggles to exist in modern day New York. Sixty years ago in Poland, he fell in love and wrote a book which unbeknown to him survived and now haunts the imagination of fourteen-year-old Alma, who was named after his main character. His and her story unfold in tandem revealing the lies, half truths and passions of the past. Funny, moving, tantalising and entirely believable. Everything you could want from a great read.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 35 July 2006) |
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