The Lovers Dictionary: A Love Story in 185 Definitions by David Levithan (Englis

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How does one talk about love?

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

How does one talk about love?We are all beginners when it comes to love, from those tentative first dates to learning how to live with, or without, someone. But how does one describe love? How does one chart its delights and pleasures, its depths and desolations? 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? David Levithan's The Lover's Dictionary starts where we all once started – with the alphabet.Constructing the story of a relationship as a dictionary, Levithan explores the intimacies and workings of love through his nameless narrator, to paint a moving portrait of love through everyday words. Cleverly using the confines of language to provide an intimate window into the great events and quotidian trifles of being part of a couple, Levithan gives us an indelible and deeply moving portrait of love in our time.

Notes

Paperback edition of Levithan's novel which is written in the style of a dictionary, following the relationship of a nameless narrator and his lover. From the author of the young adult novels Boy Meets Boy and The Realm Of Possibility.

Author Biography

David Levithan is the author of many acclaimed young-adult novels, including Boy Meets Boy, The Realm of Possibility, Love is the Higher Law, and (along with Rachel Cohn) the New York Times bestselling Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, which has been adapted into a popular movie. He is an editorial director at Scholastic in the US.

Review

'Teasing, intriguing and easy to devour in one go.' Cosmopolitan'Romantic, quick, clever, funny. Read it in one sitting.' Sunday Times Style'Like all good love stories, this one is both unique and universal; it's impossible not to nod along in recognition…It is a refreshingly grown-up story of a love affair between adults… Levithan is a generous, warm-hearted writer, and his conceit feels original… A Valentine's gift? What could be better?' Observer'Covers everything from delight to desolation' Time Out

Details ISBN0007377991 Author David Levithan Year 2012 ISBN-10 0007377991 ISBN-13 9780007377992 Media Book Publication Date 2012-02-02 Language English Short Title LOVERS DICT Residence NJ, US Pages 244 Series Fourth Estate Subtitle A Love Story in 185 Definitions Format Paperback UK Release Date 2012-02-02 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2012-02-02 NZ Release Date 2012-02-02 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd Alternative 9780007377985 DEWEY 813.54 Audience General We've got this

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