Nicole Krauss is the author of the international bestseller The History of Love, which was published by Penguin in 2005. It won the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, France's Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, and was short-listed for the Orange, Medicis, and Femina prizes. Her fiction has been published in The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, and Best American Short Stories, and her books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Bewitching, mysterious and deeply moving. One of 2011's must-reads * Harper's Bazaar * Exquisitely measured ... coheres in a stunning conclusion * Independent * Extraordinary, unforgettable, mesmeric * Daily Mail * Full of mystery and suspense, building towards one of the great climaxes in contemporary fiction. It is hard to imagine a better book of fiction being published this year ... one of the finest writers of our time * Jewish Chronicle * The History of Love was very good indeed. Great House ... is even better. A heartbreaking meditation on loss and memory and how they construct out lives * Guardian * Moving, haunting, overwhelmingly poignant * Sunday Times *