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he History of Love is the
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it drew on real love and also
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Leo Gursky, a retired locksmith liv-
ing alone in New York City, who
makes a daily commotion in some
public place to be sure that he
doesn't die without being noticed,
is the unlikely romantic who's the
original author of The History of
Love. He wrote it while living in
Poland, when he was very much in
love with a girl named Alma.
Jews weren't safe in their town of
Slonim, and he lost Alma, who left
for America before he did, and he
gave the manuscript to a friend for
safekeeping.
Years later, at age 57, Gursky,
after suffering a heart attack, cur-
tails his work. He begins a new
book, writing daily.
He muses: "At times, I believed
that the last page of my book and

the last page of my life were one
and the same, that when my book
ended, I'd end, a great wind would
sweep through my rooms carrying
the pages away, and when the air
cleared of all those fluttering white
sheets the room would be silent,
the chair where I sat would be
empty."
Gursky is a man whose suit does-
n't quite fit, who's always late ("I've
always arrived too late for my
life"). A magnet for small mishaps
at inopportune times, he's cranky
and lonely, although still a poetic
observer. "Story of my life: I was a
locksmith. I could unlock every
door in the city. And yet I couldn't
unlock anything I wanted to
unlock."
Also living in New York is a
young girl named Alma, who