{"product_id":"s-with-postcard","title":"S. [With Postcard]","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmmy-Award-winning filmmaker \n\u003cb\u003eJ.J. Abrams\u003c\/b\u003e has produced, directed, or written films and television shows including \n\u003ci\u003eStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eFringe\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eLost\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eAlias\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eFelicity, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCloverfield\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMission: Impossible, \u003c\/i\u003e and more. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDoug Dorst\u003c\/b\u003e teaches writing at Texas State University. He is the author of the PEN\/Hemingway-nominated novel \u003ci\u003eAlive in Necropolis\u003c\/i\u003e and the collection \u003ci\u003eThe Surf Guru\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEpoch\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Dorst is also a three-time Jeopardy! champion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIssued in a slipcase.;Title, statement of responsibility, publisher information from slipcase.;A story within a story.;Title page and cover title: Ship of Theseus \/ V. M. Straka. Imprint on title page: Winged Shoes Press, New York, 1949. Title page and page [3] of cover printed with stamps of Laguna Verde High School Library;spine includes a Dewey call number label.;In between pages of book are tucked postcards, pamphlets, maps, letters, and articles that further enhance the storyline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"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, \n\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"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.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eS. \u003c\/i\u003eis gorgeous, a masterpiece of verisimilitude. . . . The book's spiritual cousin is A.S. Byatt's \n\u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . The brilliance of \n\u003ci\u003eS.\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"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 \n\u003ci\u003ePale Fire, \u003c\/i\u003eChris Ware's \n\u003ci\u003eBuilding Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and even Charles Portis' \n\u003ci\u003eMasters of Atlantis.\u003c\/i\u003e\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Reading \n\u003ci\u003eS.\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Both as literature and as a physical object, \n\u003ci\u003e S.\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and tremendous work of art.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis 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, \u003ci\u003e S.\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and tremendous work of art\" (\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOne book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace, and desire.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 \n\u003ci\u003eStar Wars \u003c\/i\u003edirector J.J. Abrams and written by award-winning novelist Doug Dorst. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book: \n\u003ci\u003eShip of Theseus\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eS. contains 22 inserts and will be delivered in a sealed slipcase. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The best-looking book I've ever seen.\" \u003ci\u003e--The New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/15\/2013 pg. 51 (EAN 9780316201643, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/04\/2013 (EAN 9780316201643, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/08\/2013 pg. 70 (EAN 9780316201643, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/16\/2013 pg. 87 (EAN 9780316201643, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/30\/0001 (EAN 9780316201643, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/15\/2013 (EAN 9780316201643, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496054292758,"sku":"9780316201643","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780316201643.jpg?v=1783051948","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/s-with-postcard","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}