by Pip Williams · Maeva Ediciones · tapa dura · ISBN 9788419110558
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«El diccionario de las palabras olvidadas» is the historical novel by Pip Williams, published by Maeva Ediciones in hardback (432 pages, in Spanish).
Oxford, late 19th century. Esme grows up among the lexicographers compiling the first Oxford Dictionary and, hidden under her father's desk, rescues the words that others discard. Discovering that the language of women and ordinary people is left out of the official dictionary, she decides to gather those voices in a dictionary of her own. A reflection on the power of language and on which words deserve to be remembered.
Translation by Ana Isabel Sánchez. Inspired by real events and people from the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary, it was published in more than thirty countries. It is part of Maeva's Grandes Novelas collection.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and for those interested in the role of women and the history of language.
Pip Williams is an Australian author and social researcher. She is best known for her debut novel The Dictionary of Lost Words, published in 2020. Her second novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho, was published in 2023.
