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title: "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows"
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# The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

**Brand:** john koenig
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## Description

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #5,318 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Lexicography #2 in Quotation Reference Books #2 in Word Lists |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (3,551) |
| Dimensions  | 5 x 1 x 7 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 1501153641 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1501153648 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 288 pages |
| Publication date  | November 16, 2021 |
| Publisher  | Simon & Schuster |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An expression of obscure pleasure.
  

*by N***A on Reviewed in India on 21 July 2024*

This was a book I was following since it's phase of inception. The regular on line discussion used to generate a lot of curiosity. When I found it in it's definitive form I placed my order to have a personal one.The size of the book is very handy and it is in my travel bag to read it on transit and travel.This is a book not to finish in a hurry but to enjoy the company of every single beautiful word where each of them are creating a sanctuary of emotion around themselves. But it is never a cocoon but a transparent bubble of rainbow.Now it rains in Kolkata. I find this opportunity to savoir a few of the nuggets of unusual words in an atmosphere of  shrouded melancholy.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    It's not just dictionary it's poetry
  

*by H***A on Reviewed in India on 18 June 2024*

Best book purchase in so many years now

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Strongly recommended
  

*by I***S on Reviewed in India on 19 May 2023*

Have you ever come across a situation that just didn’t have an exact word that defined it? Try this book. Strongly recommended.We all live fairly complicated lives and sometimes we need help to decode it. To put our feelings into words so that those words, now powerful enough to survive like a well-fed Voldemort, can challenge the world order. Or the exact opposite. We need our manifestations to have a size and shape and form like that of words and this is where this book will come handy. Every page is a revelation, throwing another win at the reader, in terms of conveying the precise feeling. And that makes it my most highlighted book of the year with almost every second paragraph underlined for posterity. May have to read again or many times over.Putting few samples below.—Star-stuck adj. :: exhausted by endless reviews and secondhand impressions; itching to stumble blindly into the world and make some mistakes, to wander around opening doors to restaurants and performances and movies you’ve never heard of, without the slightest idea of what to expect.Ludiosis n. the sense that you’re just making it up as you go along—knowing that if someone asked why you do most things, you couldn’t really come up with a convincing explanation.—

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