01902cam a2200325 i 4500 503301526 TxAuBib 20210604120000.0 210323s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020019157 9780593160190 acid-free paper $28.00 0593160193 acid-free paper $28.00 (OCoLC)1242943637 TxAuBib rda Williams, Pip, 1969- The dictionary of lost words : a novel / Pip Williams. First U.S. edition. New York : Ballantine Group, [2021] xiv, 376 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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"-- Provided by publisher. 20210604. Oxford English dictionary Fiction. Lexicographers Fiction. Biographical fiction. Novels. Williams, Pip, 1969-, New York : Ballantine Books, [2021].