The Lover’s Dictionary

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　　想像「戀夏500日」的男主角寫了一本「戀人絮語」
　　那般甜美、清新、細膩又脆弱，只屬於我們兩個人的故事

　　你想，愛情有多少種表現方式？

　　男孩與女孩在網路上相遇，然後他們約會、戀愛、同居。男孩將他們的愛情寫成一本字典，寫下那些生活中親密的默契、猜疑焦慮、偶爾讓人抓狂的缺點，還有令人為之陶醉的時刻。字典中的每一個字其實都代表了同一個意思，每一個字都是男孩在對女孩說：我愛妳。

　　美國暢銷青少年小說家大衛．李維森第一本寫給大人們的小說，作者用幽默睿智的文字，高明地構築出一個令人嚮往的愛情故事。

　　A sweet and touching modern love story, told through dictionary entries

　　basis (n.)

　　There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.

　　If the moment doesn’t pass, that’s it—you’re done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it’s even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lover’s face.

　　How does one talk about love? Do we even have the right words to describe something that can be both utterly mundane and completely transcendent, pulling us out of our everyday lives and making us feel a part of something greater than ourselves? Taking a unique approach to this problem, the nameless narrator of David Levithan’s The Lover’s Dictionary has constructed the story of his relationship as a dictionary. Through these short entries, he provides an intimate window into the great events and quotidian trifles of being within a couple, giving us an indelible and deeply moving portrait of love in our time.

　　★本書中譯版《寫本字典說愛妳》由三采出版。

作者簡介

大衛．李維森　David Levithan

　　1972年出生，1994年從布朗大學畢業，2003年出版第一本書，現任美國學者出版集團主編（出版《哈利波特》的出版社），寫過19本暢銷青少年小說，得過許多獎，作品也登上紐約時報排行榜。他喜歡詩、喜歡音樂、喜歡低卡汽水，從高中開始，他每年會寫一個故事送給朋友當作情人節禮物，《寫本字典說愛妳》是他的第21份禮物，也是他第一次以大人為主角創作的小說。

　　David Levithan is the author of many acclaimed young-adult novels, including the New York Times bestselling Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (with Rachel Cohn), which was adapted into a popular movie. He is also an editorial director at Scholastic.