Siri Hustvedt is one of the most prominent figures in modern American literature: a novelist, poet, influential essayist and literary critic, and in addition, for almost thirty years, the wife and muse of another famous prose writer, Paul Auster. What I Loved is the third and, according to critics, the most accomplished of her novels. New York art professor Leo Hertzberg recalls his life and long-term friendship with artist Bill Wexler. Love interests, marriages, divorces, growing children and tragic events that completely change the usual course of life - energetic action in Hustvedt's novel harmoniously coexists with heartfelt lyrics and deep discussions about art, psychology and the eternal conflict between fathers and children. Masterfully balancing on the line between a thriller and a philosophical novel, the writer creates a multidimensional and multi-level canvas, equally attractive to both the “naive” reader and the lover of intellectual prose.