Brilliantly conceived and perfectly executed, the book harkens back to a golden age of storytelling. is a profound and tremendous work of art. 'Both as literature and as a physical object, 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

is gorgeous, a masterpiece of verisimilitude. 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., and trying to decode everything an incredibly enjoyable, fun experience, as well as a particularly immersive one. Filled with secrets and stories that are endlessly beguiling and inviting. 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 The book is so perfectly realized that it's easy to fall under its spell. 'The best-looking book I've ever seen.' -The New Yorker contains 22 inserts and will be delivered in a sealed slipcase. 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. 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. 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 book: Ship of Theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V.M. Abrams and written by award-winning novelist Doug Dorst. 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 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).

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