The Resource The liar's dictionary : a novel, Eley Williams
The liar's dictionary : a novel, Eley Williams
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The item The liar's dictionary : a novel, Eley Williams represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item The liar's dictionary : a novel, Eley Williams represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Peter Winceworth, a disaffected Victorian lexicographer, inserts false entries into a dictionary in an attempt to assert some sense of individual purpose and artistic freedom. In the present day, Mallory, a young overworked and underpaid intern employed by the dictionary publishing house, is tasked with uncovering these entries before the work is digitized. As the novel progresses and their narratives combine, as Winceworth imagines who will find his fictional words in an unknown future and Mallory discovers more about the anonymous lexicographer's life through the clues left in his fictitious entries, both discover how they might negotiate the complexities of an absurd, relentless, untrustworthy, hoax-strewn, undefinable life"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 270 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by William Heinemann ..., London, in 2020"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780385546775
- Label
- The liar's dictionary : a novel
- Title
- The liar's dictionary
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Eley Williams
- Subject
-
- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Fiction
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Fiction
- English language -- Etymology -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Lexicographers -- Fiction
- Novels
- 1837-1901
- Threats of violence -- Fiction
- Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction
- Unrequited love -- Fiction
- Romance fiction
- Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Peter Winceworth, a disaffected Victorian lexicographer, inserts false entries into a dictionary in an attempt to assert some sense of individual purpose and artistic freedom. In the present day, Mallory, a young overworked and underpaid intern employed by the dictionary publishing house, is tasked with uncovering these entries before the work is digitized. As the novel progresses and their narratives combine, as Winceworth imagines who will find his fictional words in an unknown future and Mallory discovers more about the anonymous lexicographer's life through the clues left in his fictitious entries, both discover how they might negotiate the complexities of an absurd, relentless, untrustworthy, hoax-strewn, undefinable life"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williams, Eley
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6123.I549
- LC item number
- L53 2020
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Lexicographers
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Truthfulness and falsehood
- English language
- Unrequited love
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)
- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Threats of violence
- Great Britain
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The liar's dictionary : a novel, Eley Williams
- Note
- "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by William Heinemann ..., London, in 2020"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385546775
- Lccn
- 2020013022
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 3350190
- (OCoLC)on1150807703
- (OCoLC)1150807703
- 3350190
- 3350190
- 3350190
- (OCoLC)on1150807703
- (OCoLC)1150807703
- (OCoLC)on1150807703
- Label
- The liar's dictionary : a novel, Eley Williams
- Note
- "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by William Heinemann ..., London, in 2020"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385546775
- Lccn
- 2020013022
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 3350190
- (OCoLC)on1150807703
- (OCoLC)1150807703
- 3350190
- 3350190
- 3350190
- (OCoLC)on1150807703
- (OCoLC)1150807703
- (OCoLC)on1150807703
Subject
- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Fiction
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Fiction
- English language -- Etymology -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Lexicographers -- Fiction
- Novels
- 1837-1901
- Threats of violence -- Fiction
- Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction
- Unrequited love -- Fiction
- Romance fiction
- Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Fiction
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