Great House builds on author's success

NEW YORK - American author Nicole Krauss has no doubt she will keep writing novels even if her latest, the solemn and weighty Great House, is not adored around the world as much as her last effort.

But chances are, she may not have to deal with failure on any level because her third novel hit US bookstores this week to critical acclaim and already delivered her a National Book Award nomination for fiction.

The Brooklyn-based writer, now 36, was hailed years ago as one of America's young literary stars after the success of her 2005 novel, The History of Love, which was translated into dozens of languages.