The Dictionary of Lost Words
- ISBN-10
- 9860734542
- ISBN-13
- 9789860734546
- Series
- The Dictionary of Lost Words
- Language
- Chinese
- Published
- 2021-07-03
- Author
- Pip Williams
Description
Traditional Chinese Edition of [The Dictionary of Lost Words] The best historical novel this year! A superb description of how a girl stole the Oxford English Dictionary vocabulary is intertwined into a moving legend hidden behind the history of men's writing, based on the real events of the Oxford dictionary compilation room in the 19th century. Won the MUD Literary Award in 2021. Won the Independent Book of the Year in 2021. The award-winning work won the New South Wales Prime Minister's Literary Award in 2021, the Australian Book Industry Award of the year. As soon as it was published, it occupied the best-selling list in Australia and the United States, and sold more than 125,000 copies. Sold in the United States, Britain, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian.
