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.
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