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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Hardcover - 2021
by Koenig, John
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- Title The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
- Author Koenig, John
- Binding Hardcover
- Condition Used:Good
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster
- Date 2021-11-16
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # BKZN9781501153648
- ISBN 9781501153648 / 1501153641
- Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7 x 5.2 x 0.9 in (17.78 x 13.21 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Dictionaries, Emotions
- Dewey Decimal Code 152.403
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Summary
Have you ever wondered about the lives of each person you pass on the street, realizing that everyone is the main character in their own story, each living a life as vivid and complex as your own? That feeling has a name: “sonder.” Or maybe you’ve watched a thunderstorm roll in and felt a primal hunger for disaster, hoping it would shake up your life. That’s called “lachesism.” Or you were looking through old photos and felt a pang of nostalgia for a time you’ve never actually experienced. That’s “anemoia.”
If you’ve never heard of these terms before, that’s because they didn’t exist until John Koenig set out to fill the gaps in our language of emotion. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows “creates beautiful new words that we need but do not yet have,” says John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars. By turns poignant, relatable, and mind-bending, the definitions include whimsical etymologies drawn from languages around the world, interspersed with otherworldly collages and lyrical essays that explore forgotten corners of the human condition—from “astrophe,” the longing to explore beyond the planet Earth, to “zenosyne,” the sense that time keeps getting faster.
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is for anyone who enjoys a shift in perspective, pondering the ineffable feelings that make up our lives. With a gorgeous package and beautiful illustrations throughout, this is the perfect gift for creatives, word nerds, and human beings everywhere. - From the Publisher
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- Booklist, 10/15/2021, Page 5
- Library Journal, 03/01/2022, Page 155
- Publishers Weekly, 09/13/2021, Page 54