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Author Koenig, John (Writer) author.

Title The dictionary of obscure sorrows / John Koenig.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
©2021

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Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  152.403 KOENIG, JOHN    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials  428 KOENIG    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  152.403 KOE    In Transit +1 HOLD
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Non Fiction  152.403 KOENIG    DUE 05-06-24
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  152.403 KOE    DUE 05-03-23 Billed
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  152.403 KOENIG    DUE 02-20-24 Billed
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  152.403 KOENIG    In Transit +1 HOLD
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xiii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Contents Between living and dreaming -- The interior wilderness -- Montage of attractions -- Faces in a crowd -- Boats against the current -- Roll the bones -- Neologistics -- On gratitude -- A word of advice.
Summary Poetically defining emotions we all feel but don't have the words to express, the creator of the popular online project of the same name invites readers on his epic quest to fill the gaps in the language of emotion.
Note Includes index.
Subject Language and emotions.
Emotions -- Dictionaries.
English language -- New words -- Dictionaries.
Words, New -- Dictionaries.
REFERENCE -- Word Lists.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Lexicography.
PHILOSOPHY -- Essays.
Emotions. (OCoLC)fst00908819
English language -- New words. (OCoLC)fst00911399
Language and emotions. (OCoLC)fst00992149
Words, New. (OCoLC)fst01180183
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Dictionaries. (OCoLC)fst01423826
Dictionaries.
ISBN 9781501153648 (hardcover)
1501153641 (hardcover)
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