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100 1 $aWilliams, Pip,$d1969-
245 14$aThe dictionary of lost words :$ba novel /$cPip Williams.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBallantine Group,$cc2021.
300 $axiv, 376 p. :$bmap ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"Originally published in Australia by Affirm Press in 2020." -- title page verso.
520 $a"The Dictionary of Lost Words is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical figures, are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Before the lost word, there was another. It arrived at the Scriptorium in a second-hand envelope, the old address crossed out and Dr Murray, Sunnyside, Oxford, written in its place. It was Da's job to open the post and mine to sit on his lap, like a queen on her throne, and help him ease each word out of its folded cradle. He'd tell me what pile to put it on and sometimes he'd pause, cover my hand with his, and guide my finger up and down and around the letters, sounding them into my ear. He'd say the word, and I would echo it, then he'd tell me what it meant"--$cProvided by publisher.
630 00$aNew English dictionary on historical principles$vFiction.
630 00$aOxford English dictionary$vFiction.
650 0$aLexicographers$vFiction.
650 0$aWords$vFiction.
650 0$aReading$vFiction.
650 0$aFathers and daughters$vFiction.