An edition of The Lover's Dictionary (2010)

Lover's Dictionary

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Lover's Dictionary
David Levithan, Jot Davies, Ca ...
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An edition of The Lover's Dictionary (2010)

Lover's Dictionary

  • 3.7 (6 ratings) ·
  • 76 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 15 Have read

basis, n.

There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you're in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.

If the moment doesn't pass, that's it―you're done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it's even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lover's face.

How does one talk about love? Do we even have the right words to describe something that can be both utterly mundane and completely transcendent, pulling us out of our everyday lives and making us feel a part of something greater than ourselves? Taking a unique approach to this problem, the nameless narrator of David Levithan's The Lover's Dictionary has constructed the story of his relationship as a dictionary. Through these short entries, he provides an intimate window into the great events and quotidian trifles of being within a couple, giving us an indelible and deeply moving portrait of love in our time.

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Previews available in: Chinese English

Edition Availability
Cover of: The Lover's Dictionary
The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel
Jan 17, 2012, Picador USA, Picador
paperback
Cover of: Xie ben zi dian shuo ai ni
Xie ben zi dian shuo ai ni
2012, San cai wen hua chu ban shi ye you xian gong si
in Chinese - Chu ban
Cover of: The lover's dictionary
The lover's dictionary
2012, Fourth Estate, Fourth Estate (GB)
in English
Cover of: The Lover's Dictionary
The Lover's Dictionary
2011, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The Lover's Dictionary
The Lover's Dictionary
Feb 03, 2011, HarperCollins Audio Download
digital
Cover of: Lover's Dictionary
Lover's Dictionary
2011, Text Publishing Company
in English
Cover of: The Lover's Dictionary
The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel
2011, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
in English
Cover of: Das Wörterbuch der Liebenden
Das Wörterbuch der Liebenden
2010, Graf
Hardcover

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OL28464269M
ISBN 13
9781921656910

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