American writer Nicole Krauss says of her novel A History of Love that it is a story about two sides of the same coin. About a very young girl at the beginning of her life and an old man whose life is running out. Both are looking for a way to fill the void created by the loss of loved ones. A mosaic of stories follows people in different parts of the world and in different periods of time. Their destinies are connected by a book, which is also called A History of Love. It was written by a boy in pre-war Poland and dedicated to his first love – a girl who fled to America with her family from the Nazis. The long-lost text has inspired new unusual life stories and loves. A History of Love is a book that you will remember, because it is something special. It guides us between happiness and sadness, humor and disappointment. It teaches us to recognize the emotions of the characters in a new way. The common thread of the novel is the strength and victory of hope and imagination over pain.