This one-of-a-kind bestseller from J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst captures the excitement of solving a mystery like no other book: "Both as literature and as a physical object, S. is a profound and tremendous work of art" (Miami Herald).
One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace, and desire.
The chronicle of two readers finding each other, and their deadly struggle with forces beyond their understanding -- all within the margins of a book conceived by Star Wars director J.J. Abrams and written by award-winning novelist Doug Dorst.
The book: Ship of Theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V.M. Straka, in which a man with no past is shanghaied onto a strange ship with a monstrous crew and launched onto a disorienting and perilous journey.
The writer: Straka, the incendiary and secretive subject of one of the world's greatest mysteries, a revolutionary about whom the world knows nothing apart from the words he wrote and the rumors that swirl around him.
The readers: Jennifer and Eric, a college senior and a disgraced grad student, both facing crucial decisions about who they are, who they might become, and how much they're willing to trust another person with their passions, hurts, and fears.
S. contains 22 inserts and will be delivered in a sealed slipcase.
"The best-looking book I've ever seen." --The New Yorker
Show moreThis one-of-a-kind bestseller from J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst captures the excitement of solving a mystery like no other book: "Both as literature and as a physical object, S. is a profound and tremendous work of art" (Miami Herald).
One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace, and desire.
The chronicle of two readers finding each other, and their deadly struggle with forces beyond their understanding -- all within the margins of a book conceived by Star Wars director J.J. Abrams and written by award-winning novelist Doug Dorst.
The book: Ship of Theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V.M. Straka, in which a man with no past is shanghaied onto a strange ship with a monstrous crew and launched onto a disorienting and perilous journey.
The writer: Straka, the incendiary and secretive subject of one of the world's greatest mysteries, a revolutionary about whom the world knows nothing apart from the words he wrote and the rumors that swirl around him.
The readers: Jennifer and Eric, a college senior and a disgraced grad student, both facing crucial decisions about who they are, who they might become, and how much they're willing to trust another person with their passions, hurts, and fears.
S. contains 22 inserts and will be delivered in a sealed slipcase.
"The best-looking book I've ever seen." --The New Yorker
Show moreEmmy-Award-winning filmmaker J.J. Abrams has produced, directed, or written films and television shows including Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Fringe, Lost, Alias, Felicity, Star Trek, Cloverfield, Mission: Impossible, and more.
Doug Dorst teaches writing at Texas State University. He is the author of the PEN/Hemingway-nominated novel Alive in Necropolis and the collection The Surf Guru. His work has appeared in McSweeney's, Ploughshares, Epoch, and elsewhere. Dorst is also a three-time Jeopardy! champion.
"S. is gorgeous, a masterpiece of verisimilitude. . . . The book's
spiritual cousin is A.S. Byatt's Possession. . . . The brilliance
of S. is less in its showy exterior than the intimate and
ingeniously visual way it shows how others' words become pathways
to our lives and relationships." --Washington Post
"Both as literature and as a physical object, S. is a profound and
tremendous work of art."--The Miami Herald
"Both as literature and as a physical object, S. is a profound and
tremendous work of art. . . . Brilliantly conceived and perfectly
executed, the book harkens back to a golden age of storytelling. .
. . An audacious literary achievement that calls to mind Vladimir
Nabokov's Pale Fire, Chris Ware's Building Stories and even Charles
Portis' Masters of Atlantis." --Miami Herald
"Impressively smart, engaging . . . Filled with secrets and stories
that are endlessly beguiling and inviting . . . Reading S., and
trying to decode everything [was] an incredibly enjoyable, fun
experience, as well as a particularly immersive one. . . . For all
its mysteries and intrigues, this is a book about the value of
books, and what they can offer us that other storytelling mediums
cannot." --Wired
"Reading S. is fun, and the book feels alive . . . Gloriously
embroidered with marginalia and jammed with artifacts inserted
between its pages . . . A celebration of the book as a physical
thing." --Chicago Tribune
"The best-looking book I've ever seen. . . . The book is so
perfectly realized that it's easy to fall under its spell. . . . If
you want to write a romantic mystery meta-novel in which two
bibliophiles investigate the conspiracy around an enigmatic Eastern
European author, you couldn't choose a better team." --Joshua
Rothan, New Yorker
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