One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace and desire A young woman picks up a book left behind by a stranger. Inside it are his margin notes, which reveal a reader entranced by the story and by its mysterious author. She responds with notes of her own, leaving the book for the stranger, and so begins an unlikely conversation that plunges them both into the unknown. 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 ...
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One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace and desire A young woman picks up a book left behind by a stranger. Inside it are his margin notes, which reveal a reader entranced by the story and by its mysterious author. She responds with notes of her own, leaving the book for the stranger, and so begins an unlikely conversation that plunges them both into the unknown. 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 on 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 rumours 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., conceived by filmmaker J.J. Abrams and written by award-winning novelist Doug Dorst, is the chronicle of two readers finding each other in the margins of a book and enmeshing themselves in a deadly struggle between forces they don't understand. It is also Abrams and Dorst's love letter to the written word.
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Fine. With dust jacket. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Fine. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Very Good. Size: 6x1x9; 'Ship of Thesus by V. M Straka'. Stated First Edition. Designed to appear as a book from 1949 with artificial toning, foxing, marginal notes and stamps. Light grey cloth boards with black, white and yellow titling and decoration at front panel and spine. Boards good with light shelf wear and edge wear. Corners and spine foot lightly bumped. Scuffing to back panel. Spine square. Binding sound. Slipcase very good with shelf wear and edge wear; corners bumped, seal broken. Pages fine. Text unmarked. This book has all its pieces; each piece is marked with the page where it belongs.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd printing. Octavo inn printed cardstock case. Seal has been opened, though it is difficult to tell whether this has actually been read. One of the stranger concepts of the last few decades and possibly one of the most pretentious This has been manufactured to look like a much used ex-library edition front 1949, when in fact it was published 2013 with all the 'defects' part of the packaging. Includes 22 loose page inserts (letters, photos, postcards, and more) and all 22 seem to be present. Abrams and Dorst collaborate under the pseudonym V. M Straka. Grey cloth with black lettering and yellow and white design. [456 pages]