The History of Love - Nicole Krauss parchment Yiddish is an unlikely survivor

Yiddish is an unlikely survivor of the ages

They outlasted Nazism

after her husband was captured by the Soviets

called a sukkah

with less illustrations

The History of Love - Nicole Krauss parchment Yiddish is an unlikely survivorLeo Gursky is an old man living alone in New York. In Poland sixty years earlier he wrote a book called The History of Love, inspired by his lover Alma. But when they were parted by the war, circumstances ensured they could never be together again and Leo's book was lost. If only he could find it. If only he wasn't so alone. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 and winner of the 2006 Prix du Meilleur Livre , The History of Love explores