The Lover’s Dictionary

The Lover’s Dictionary: A Love Story in 185 Definitions

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Paperback Published on: 02/02/2012
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The Lover’s Dictionary
My favourite book
I absolutely adore this book - a real love story, probably the most romantic work of fiction I have ever read. Levithan writes beautifully and captures all... READ MORE
Joanna B
The Lover’s Dictionary
The Lover's Dictionary
'I love you' is one of the worlds most uttered sentences but occasionally is said for all the wrong reasons. The nameless narrator of this wonderful new bo... READ MORE
Ben Keenan at Bury St Edmunds Buttermarket

Synopsis

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.

  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN: 9780007377992
  • Number of pages: 244
  • Weight: 150g
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 14 mm

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The Lover’s Dictionary
Something a little bit different
This book is charming, written in little snippets we learn about a relationship. At times it is a little confusing as it is not in chronological order, but... READ MORE
Lexie Lannon
The Lover’s Dictionary
Very romantic!
Adorable short book. Very romantic. You will want to read several times
Fernanda Leite Lopez de Leon
The Lover’s Dictionary
Very romantic
Lovely short book. I feel like reading it every Valentine’ day.
Fernanda Leite Lopez de Leon