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The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 4.13 — 172 ratings — published 2017
The Liar's Dictionary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 3.35 — 10,877 ratings — published 2020
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 3.81 — 202,098 ratings — published 2006
Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 3.43 — 44 ratings — published
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 4.05 — 11,123 ratings — published 1911
The Word Collector (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 4.38 — 5,023 ratings — published 2018
Salammbo (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 3.73 — 6,746 ratings — published 1862
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 4.09 — 14,440 ratings — published 1998
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 4.23 — 12,594 ratings — published 2011
I Never Knew There Was a Word for It (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 3.66 — 130 ratings — published 2010
Einstein's Monsters (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 3.39 — 1,204 ratings — published 1987
House of Meetings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 3.41 — 2,750 ratings — published 2006
Other People (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 3.39 — 1,866 ratings — published 1981
Night Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as logophile)
avg rating 3.28 — 6,641 ratings — published 1997
Enormous Smallness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 0 times as logophile)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,457 ratings — published 2015
“I revere a kind of sanctity in language and that reverence stands in place of an aesthetic. I wouldn't even make the case that I'm a writer; it's just what I put in the field if someone asks. It's easier than saying what I actually am, which is best expressed as what I actually do, which functionally a kind of worship. I think there are configurations of words that have power. I think they can be arranged in such a way as to modify the operation of the mind. I'm not even saying I succeed at this. I'm saying that seeking these configurations is the only thing I know how to do.”
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“There's a Japanese phrase that I like: koi no yokan. It doesn't mean love at first sight. It's closer to love at second sight. It's the feeling when you meet someone that you're going to fall in love with them. Maybe you don't love them straight away, but it's inevitable that you will.”
― The Sun Is Also a Star
― The Sun Is Also a Star
