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Author Williams, Pip, 1969- author.

Title The dictionary of lost words : a novel / Pip Williams.

Publication Info. New York : Ballantine Books, 2022.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Fiction  F Williams    ---  Available
Edition Ballantine Books trade paperback edition.
Description xiv, 388 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Series Reese's book club
Reese's book club.
Summary "Before the lost word, there was another. It arrived at the Scriptorium in a second-hand envelope, the old address crossed out and Dr. Murray, Sunnyside, Oxford, written in its place. It was Da's job to open the post and mine to sit on his lap, like a queen on her throne, and help him ease each word out of its folded cradle. He'd tell me what pile to put it on and sometimes he'd pause, cover my hand with his, and guide my finger up and down and around the letters, sounding them into my ear. He'd say the word, and I would echo it, then he'd tell me what it meant"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Includes book club guide.
Subject Lexicographers -- Fiction.
Oxford English dictionary -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Other Editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Williams, Pip, 1969- Dictionary of lost words South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2020 9781925972597
ISBN 9781984820747 (pbk.) : $17.00
1984820745 (pbk.) : $17.00

 
    
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