Places
What town in Poland did Leo & Alma grow up in
What is Slonim?
This is a central theme explored through the characters' various quests for connection and purpose
What is the power of love?
This is what Leo Gursky signs up for, thinking it would be great to be seen completely by others.
What is a nude modeling class?
This is the name of the book that Zvi reads to Rosa, which was originally written in Yiddish and lost when their home was flooded.
What is The History of Love?
Zvi & Rosa Litvinoff lived in this country
Chile
This is the feeling that drives Alma Singer's entire quest to find the author, as she tries to repair her family
What is loss?
This is the title of the final chapter Zvi insisted on adding to The History of Love, so that the true author's name would not die with him.
What is "The Death of Leopold Gursky"?
Here, Leo sees a photo of Alma & falls asleep in the guest bedroom
What is Bernard's house?
This theme is central to the experiences of Leo and Zvi, who both feel forgotten and invisible in their old age.
What is fear of death?
This is where David Singer gets a copy of The History of Love.
What is a secondhand bookstore in Buenos Aires?
Here, Alma searches to find out if Alma Mereminski was a real person
What is the City Clerk's office?
The novel repeatedly explores this theme, as characters try to preserve and pass down stories, memories, and family histories
What is the importance of storytelling?
This is the title of the final chapter Zvi insisted on adding to The History of Love, so that the true author's name would not die with him.
What is "The Death of Leopold Gursky"?
Alma Singer visits here in order to find information on the death of Alma Mereminski
What is New York City Department of Health, Division of Vital Records
The symbolic item did Leo sees when he enters Isaac's home
What is a type writer?