However there is a substantial turning point within the novel that turns into a love-loss for several of the characters in the book. Much of the love in the story leads to tragic loses in the end for the characters. Leo never fully wins back Alma. Leo's son Isaac dies before Leo is able to see him face to face and tell him that he is his real father. This is the heartbreaking loss that Krauss is showing to readers. Krauss is showing readers the meaning how your love for someone can be taken away. If Leo had not been so true to his love for Alma, he may have found a wife and would not have been so lonesome at the end of his life. In the book, Krauss uses the writing technique of post modernism in several forms. First, Krauss uses the technique
