The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
So I just finished this and liked it a lot.. Some things confused me, though. Or not confused necessarily but just want others' opinions on them.
-Bruno was made up? I must be oblivious because if there were clues until Leo said he died in 1941, I missed them all.
-"Words for Everything" being published under Isaac's name bugged me. Also, it was unclear (to me, at least) whether it was being plagiarized or the manuscript had been found and just assumed to be Isaac's. I was also surprised that Leo wasn't more upset.
-I wish there had been more of a resolution with Misha and Alma, because when she was with Herman that was the line about her falling in love, but with someone else.
But even with all those, they're the things that nag and just make me want to re-read the book. The kind of unresolved issues that are ok in a book because they don't always get resolved in real life either.
On another note, did anyone else think it was very similar to Jonathan Safran Foer's work? (The two authors are married.) In theme, the alternating chapter/narrator structure, sometimes in language.. hell, it was even the same font!
I'd love to know what others thought of this book.
-Bruno was made up? I must be oblivious because if there were clues until Leo said he died in 1941, I missed them all.
-"Words for Everything" being published under Isaac's name bugged me. Also, it was unclear (to me, at least) whether it was being plagiarized or the manuscript had been found and just assumed to be Isaac's. I was also surprised that Leo wasn't more upset.
-I wish there had been more of a resolution with Misha and Alma, because when she was with Herman that was the line about her falling in love, but with someone else.
But even with all those, they're the things that nag and just make me want to re-read the book. The kind of unresolved issues that are ok in a book because they don't always get resolved in real life either.
On another note, did anyone else think it was very similar to Jonathan Safran Foer's work? (The two authors are married.) In theme, the alternating chapter/narrator structure, sometimes in language.. hell, it was even the same font!
I'd love to know what others thought of this book.