The History of Love

The History of Love
Front cover of hardcover edition
AuthorNicole Krauss
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel, Postmodernism
PublisherW.W. Norton & Company
Publication date
May 2, 2005
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback), ebook, audiobook
Pages252 pp (hardcover)
ISBN0-393-06034-9
OCLC57452397
813/.6 22
LC ClassPS3611.R38 H57 2005
Preceded byMan Walks Into a Room (2002) 
Followed byGreat House (2010) 

The History of Love: A Novel is the 2005 novel by the American writer Nicole Krauss.The book was a 2006 finalist for the Orange Prize for Fiction and won the 2008 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for fiction.[1]

An excerpt from the novel was published in The New Yorker in 2004 under the title The Last Words on Earth.[2]

  1. ^ "Nicole Krauss: The History of Love". William Saroyan International Prize for Writing 2008 fiction winner. Stanford University Libraries. 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ Krauss, Nicole (February 9, 2004). "The Last Words on Earth". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 30, 2015.