the history of love

A shorter post today. Read The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. I haven't finished it yet but I am not afraid to recommend it. I believe that the best fiction/film/theatre/poetry is produced when comedy and tragedy are nudged so closely together that every moment savours of LIFE. In The History of Love, they're right on top of each other on every page. Nicole Krauss weaves together hope and sorrow, laughter and tears, the agony and the ecstacy, so artfully that it makes me ache.