ISBN: 0316201642
ISBN13: 9780316201643
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A read copy that remains in clean condition.
Book Overview
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
- Format:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 0316201642
- ISBN13:
- 9780316201643
- Release Date:
- October 2013
- Publisher:
- Little Brown and Company
- Length:
- 472 Pages
- Weight:
- 2.34 lbs.
- Dimensions:
- 1.6″ × 6.4″ × 9.7″
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Customer Reviews
One of the coolest books I’ve ever read
This book truly breaks so many of the rules of what a “good book” should be. The dialogue scrawled in the margins and crammed in between the footnotes is incredible. I really felt like I was reading *the* book the characters had had. The exact copy. The dialogue between characters is just as interesting if not more than the plot of the book they are discussing. The attention to detail is incredible. The inside covers made to look like a library checkout log with all the previous readers. The colors of the character’s pens changing throughout the book to let you know it’s a different day. The complete opposite handwriting styles of the two characters who meet by chance and become fascinated by this book.
1
Incredible book!!
The storytelling is so intuitive and insightful. In my top five. Also, all of the add ins were there :)
0
This is a story in a story
This is art. Everything about this book is amazing. It is a lot if you read it page for page, I read the story then went back to read the hand written dialogue. We need more books that break the Mould like this.
3
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