{"product_id":"dictionary-days","title":"Dictionary Days","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDictionary Days\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eIlan Stavans\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781555974190\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eGraywolf Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe whole of \u003ci\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e is in the \u003ci\u003eOxford English Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e, waiting to be \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eunscrambled, and so are all the novels of our past, present, and immediate future\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003een-thu-si-ast \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFunction: noun \u003cbr\u003e: a person filled with enthusiasm: as a: one who is ardently attached to a cause, object, or pursuit b: one who tends to become ardently absorbed in an interest \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dictionary, despite its heroic effort to pin down language, is destined for failure the moment a single word is printed; language, with its eternal mutations, is forever uncontainable. In \u003ci\u003eDictionary Days\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning essayist Ilan Stavans explores our very human need to \"seize upon the meaning of a word.\" Owner of hundreds of dictionaries, he follows a fascinating, zigzagging history of lexicography across many languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, and Cyrillic. Throughout his journey, Stavans spots strange meaning inconsistencies, uncovers unusual origins, and shares extraordinary and often hilarious anecdotes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a dazzling knowledge of dictionaries through the ages, matched by a lively wit, Stavans reaches far beyond the margin of the page and pays a worthy tribute to a discipline that is at once inspiring and maddening. \"For dictionaries are oracles: nothing is outside them--except the impossible.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Dictionary Days | Ilan Stavans | Hardcover | 9781555974190 | Used: Very Good | Literary Criticism 1652217","offer_id":48742225477784,"sku":"1652217","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71lDampLUFL.jpg?v=1773850204","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/dictionary-days","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}