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The Lover's Dictionary : A Novel (Paperback)
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The Lover's Dictionary : A Novel (Paperback)
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from bookcharms
I think the description for "ineffable" summed up this book entirely: "Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent love. No matter how many words there are, there will never be enough." The book is pretty simple and superficial, barely skimming the surface ...
from fastaxion
How can you describe love? Is there any one word that can summarize it? David Levithan does exactly this in his book The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel, by using different words in the dictionary the character gives meaning to love not by the words definition per se but by the meaning each word conv...
from thelibrarina
Using brief vignettes arranged as definitions in a personal dictionary, Levithan paints images of moments in a shared life. Two young adults meet, date, move in together, and nearly(?) fall apart over the course of the story--it might sound banal, but Levithan's insights are trenchant, and his la...
from heike6
I loved how the story was told in moments. It was a great vocabulary lesson, as well. Two of my favorite "definitions": aloof, adj. It has always been my habit, ever since junior high school, to ask that question: "What are you thinking?" It is always an act of desperation, and I keep on asking, ...
from electrascaife
A novel about a couple's relationship from beginning through the first two years or so, told through dictionary entry definitions. A really cool concept, but it fell a bit flat for me; I think it tried to be too clever (or needed to be better at the poetic bits and just couldn't manage it), and t...
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