An Exaltation of Larks

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780140170962 Author(s): James Lipton Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 1993 Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Pages: 336

Description: A delightfully unexpected, lovingly curated ode to the unique collective nouns that adorn our language, fromA‚ A?aA‚ leap of leopardsA? toA‚ A?aA‚ murder of crowsA? and beyond, from the inimitable voice behindA‚ Inside the Actors StudioA?I am madly in love with collective nouns! They make language so colorful and ticklish. . . . [An Exaltation of Larks] possess[es] an embarrassment of riches (wink wink!).A?A‚ A?Lupita NyongA?o,A‚ The New York TimesFor those who have wondered if the familiar A?pride of lionsA? and A?gaggle of geeseA? were merely the tip of a linguistic iceberg, James Lipton has provided a definitive answer: here are hundreds of equally pithy, often poetic terms he has unearthed and collected into one exhaustive volume. Over years of painstaking research,A‚ he embarked on an odyssey that has given us a A?slouch of models,A? a A?shrivel of critics,A? an A?unction of undertakers,A? a A?blur of Impressionists,A? a A?score of bachelors,A?A‚ a A?pocket of quarterbacks,A? and many more.Witty, beautiful, and remarkably apt,A‚ An Exaltation of Larks is a brilliant compendium of more than 1,100 resurrected or newly minted contributions to that ever-evolving species, the English language.

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