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The Lover's Dictionary
- Author
- David Levithan
- Narrator
- Andrew Gibson
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 30 September 2025
- Run Time
- 1 hour 57 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
"[A] charming short novel about a love affair and its bittersweet evolution from first flirt to shaky domesticity." —San Francisco Chronicle
"A clever distillation of a love story." —The New York Times
How does one talk about love? Is it even possible to describe something at once utterly mundane and wholly transcendent, that has the power to consume our lives completely, while making us feel part of something infinitely larger than ourselves?
Taking a unique approach to this age-old problem, the nameless narrator of David Levithan's The Lover’s Dictionary constructs the story of a relationship as a dictionary. Through these sharp entries, he provides an intimate window into the great events and quotidian trifles of coupledom, giving us an indelible and deeply moving portrait of love in our time.
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Details
- Author
- David Levithan
- Narrator
- Andrew Gibson
- Duration
- 1 hour 57 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9781705223529
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Romance, Contemporary romance
Synopsis
"[A] charming short novel about a love affair and its bittersweet evolution from first flirt to shaky domesticity." —San Francisco Chronicle"A clever distillation of a love story." —The New York TimesHow does one talk about love? Is it even possible to describe something at once utterly mundane and wholly transcendent, that has the power to consume our lives completely, while making us feel part of something infinitely larger than ourselves?Taking a unique approach to this age-old problem, the nameless narrator of David Levithan's The Lover’s Dictionary constructs the story of a relationship as a dictionary. Through these sharp entries, he provides an intimate window into the great events and quotidian trifles of coupledom, giving us an indelible and deeply moving portrait of love in our time.
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