![]() ![]() ![]() While trying to come up with an idea for a new Valentine's Day story, the author noticed Words You Need to Know sitting on his desk and became inspired. The idea for the book was inspired by a Valentine's Day tradition in which Levithan writes a story for a group of family members and friends. ![]() The Lover's Dictionary is "a story about love, in all its messy complicated reality," says Levithan. The story does not unfold in chronological order instead, it is arranged alphabetically by dictionary entries that give glimpses into the joys and struggles the characters face over the course of their relationship. These short entries provide insight into the ups and downs of their romantic relationship, revealing the couple's problems with alcoholism and infidelity. This modern love story is told entirely through dictionary entries.Ī nameless narrator tells the story of a relationship through dictionary entries. The Lover's Dictionary is a novel by American author David Levithan, published Januby Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. ![]()
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