Stream The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams by PRH Audio on desktop and mobile. Play over million tracks for free on SoundCloud. · The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams. Most debut novels commonly focus on autobiographical experience and while I know nothing about Eley Williams' background I wouldn't be surprised if this gifted author grew up between the covers of a giant dictionary. “The Liar's Dictionary” is quite literally the story of two lexicographers who both. · THE LIAR'S DICTIONARY. by Eley Williams ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 5, Steampunk meets philology in a century-hopping debut novel. A pair of budding lexicographers working on the same dictionary, one at the end of the 19th century and the other at the beginning of the 21st, alternate chapters and narratives in this confection of love and language.
Eley Williams, The Liar's Dictionary (William Heinemann: , ) Words can be like bricks or stone. They can be used to build Westminster Abbey and Notre-Dame, or they can be used to sculpt la Sagrada Família. Even though my interest in any church will only ever be of the architectural variety, when I emerged from. In fact, Eley Williams's hilarious new book, The Liar's Dictionary, is also a mystery, love story (two of them) and cliffhanging melodrama. A thoughtful inquiry into truth and meaning." A thoughtful inquiry into truth and meaning.". Notes From Your Bookseller. A playful take on a sometimes-pretentious subject, The Liar's Dictionary is a superbly whimsical novel from wordsmith Eley Williams. Williams' debut novel successfully intertwines both contemporary and historical story plotlines, meditates on the meaning of agency, and allows language itself to be rightfully center-stage.
"An improbably enchanting, rollicking novel about two generations of put-upon London lexicographers, The Liar's Dictionary is positively intoxicated with the joy and wonder of language, both authentic and, often hilariously, counterfeit, and I can assure you that it's quite the contact high. Eley Williams brings erudition and playfulness—and lovely sweetness—to every page.". Notes From Your Bookseller. A playful take on a sometimes-pretentious subject, The Liar’s Dictionary is a superbly whimsical novel from wordsmith Eley Williams. Williams’ debut novel successfully intertwines both contemporary and historical story plotlines, meditates on the meaning of agency, and allows language itself to be rightfully center-stage. Liar: a person who tells lies In Eley Williams debut novel, the concept of the liar plays an integral part in the narrative. In an odd way it’s not actually people who tell lies, as the above definition states but rather people who live a life under the guise of lying.
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