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A powerful and heartbreaking novel that chronicles the epic story of two families, two sons, and two marriages.

What I Loved begins in New York in 1975, when art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by an unknown artist in a SoHo gallery. He buys the work; tracks down the artist, Bill Wechsler; and the two men embark on a life-long friendship.

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Siri Hustvedt

Siri Hustvedt is a Norwegian-American writer, born February 19, 1955 in Northfield, Minnesota, United States.

She holds a B.A. in history from St. Olaf College, and a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University (her doctoral thesis on Charles Dickens was entitled "Figures of Dust. A Reading of 'Our Mutual Friend'").

Hustvedt has mainly made her name as a novelist, but she has also published a book of poetry, and has had short stories and essays on various subjects published in (among others) The Art of the Essay 1999, Best American Short Stories 1990 and 1991, The Paris Review, The Yale Review and Modern Painters.

She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and shares a daughter with her husband, fellow writer Paul Auster.

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