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Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages Paperback - 2009
by Ammon Shea
With sharp wit, sheer delight, and a keen eye, Shea shares his year inside the "Oxford English Dictionary," delivering an eye-crossing account of reading every word, and revealing the most obscure, hilarious gems he discovers along the way.
Summary
An obsessive word lover's account of reading the entire Oxford English Dictionary, hailed as "the Super Size Me of lexicography."
"I'm reading the OED so you don't have to," says Ammon Shea on his slightly masochistic journey to scale the word lover's Mount Everest: the Oxford English Dictionary. In 26 chapters filled with sharp wit, sheer delight, and a documentarian's keen eye, Shea shares his year inside the OED, delivering a hair-pulling, eye-crossing account of reading every word.
"I'm reading the OED so you don't have to," says Ammon Shea on his slightly masochistic journey to scale the word lover's Mount Everest: the Oxford English Dictionary. In 26 chapters filled with sharp wit, sheer delight, and a documentarian's keen eye, Shea shares his year inside the OED, delivering a hair-pulling, eye-crossing account of reading every word.
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- Title Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
- Author Ammon Shea
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tarcherperigee, U.S.A.
- Date 2009-05-05
- ISBN 9780399535055 / 0399535055
- Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 8.22 x 5.44 x 0.68 in (20.88 x 13.82 x 1.73 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects English language - Etymology, Encyclopedias and dictionaries - History and
- Dewey Decimal Code 423.028
Media reviews
"Oddly inspiring...Shea has walked the wildwood of our gnarled, ancient speech and returned singing incomprehensible sounds in a language that turns out to be our own."
-Nicholson Baker, New York Times Book Review
"Delicious...a lively lexicon."
-O, The Oprah Magazine
"Readworthy."
-William Safire, The New York Times Magazine
-Nicholson Baker, New York Times Book Review
"Delicious...a lively lexicon."
-O, The Oprah Magazine
"Readworthy."
-William Safire, The New York Times Magazine
Citations
- New York Review of Books, 12/18/2008, Page 77
- New York Times Book Review, 08/23/2009, Page 20
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