The Dictionary of Lost Words

Informationen zum Autor Pip Williams was born in London, grew up in Sydney and now calls the Adelaide Hills home. She is the author of the much-loved memoir One Italian Summer and the national number one bestseller, The Dictionary of Lost Words , which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2021. Pip has also published travel articles, book reviews, flash fiction and poetry. Klappentext A moving and immersive debut: when a team of scholars compiles the first Oxford English Dictionary , one of their daughters starts a parallel book containing all the "objectionable" words the men choose to omit. Zusammenfassung A moving and immersive debut: when a team of scholars compiles the first Oxford English Dictionary , one of their daughters starts a parallel book containing all the "objectionable" words the men choose to omit.

Product details

• Authors: Pip Williams
• Publisher: Chatto and Windus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781784743871
• ISBN: 978-1-78474-387-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Oxford, England, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, Historical fiction, 20th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, Narrative theme: Social issues, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Feminism & feminist theory, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Lexicography, FICTION / Feminist