'' What I Loved '' is a novel written by American writer Siri Hustvedt first published in 2003 by Hodder and Stoughton in London . It is written from the point of view of Leo Hertzberg , an art historian living in New York . The author herself grew up in Northfield , Minnesota , and then moved to New York in 1978 . In a discussion of the September 11 attacks , she describes New York as " as much an idea as an actual place "
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What I Loved