The dictionary of lost words : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9781984820747
- ISBN: 1984820745
- ISBN: 9781984820747 : PAP
- ISBN: 1984820745 : PAP
- ISBN: 9780593160190
- ISBN: 0593160193
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 376 pages : map ; 25 cm - Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2021 [map]
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in Australia by Affirm Press in 2020." -- title page verso. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: February 1886 -- Part 1: 1887-1896. Batten-distrustful -- Part 2: 1897-1901. Lap-nywe -- Part 4: 1907-1913. Polygenus-sorrow -- Part 5: 1914-1915. Speech-sullen -- Part 6: 1928. Wise-wyzen -- Epilogue: Adelaide, 1989. |
Summary, etc.: | "The Dictionary of Lost Words is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical figures, are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. 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"-- |
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Genre: | Biographical fiction. Novels. |
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- 29 of 44 copies available at Bibliomation.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rowayton Library | F WIL (Text) | 33625122835734 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Ansonia Public Library | FIC WILLIAMS, PIP PBK (Text) | 34045145951534 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted | FIC WILLIAM (Text) | 33750000080116 | Adult Fiction | In transit | - |
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | FIC Wil (Text) | 33160150501248 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 03/12/2024 |
Bethel Public Library | WILLIAMS (Text) | 34030148194027 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | AF WIL (Text) | 33260000576778 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | F/WILLIAMS (Text) | 34029146692032 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | FIC WIL (Text) | 34014150088095 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/03/2024 |
Canterbury Public Library | FIC WILLIAMS (Text) | 33190000451021 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/12/2024 |
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | F Wil (Text) | 33180148087399 | Adult Fiction - First Floor | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |