Although there were certainly stretches when all I could do was scratch my head, groan, and keep turning the pages, Dorst has found a voice that makes Ship of Theseus palatable and often a real kick. Reading Ship this way makes it is possible to see that Doug Dorst has successfully written a “bad” novel, but he’s done so in such a way as to avoid both simple mimicry or outright kitsch. I chose to read Ship of Theseus as a tongue-in-cheek joyride through the landscape and tropes of mid-20th century noir and pulp fiction.
S, on the other hand, is the ex-library book in which two students of “Pollard State University” have written extensive annotations and personal notes and left countless loose items accumulated during their research into the book and the identity of its mysterious author. Straka, “published” in 1949 by the poetically named Winged Shoes Press. The original book, shall we say, is Ship of Theseus by one V.M. Ultimately, it helped me to think of the book in my hands as two books. Abrams and Doug Dorst, presents some challenges.
Equal parts Kafka and Lovecraft, Ship of Theseus is both a frightening adventure and a philosophical treasure hunt.Reading S, the new book by J.J. Two things sustain him: his lifelong search for his love, Sola and the infernal purpose of the ship and its crew. A mystical adventure of an equally mysterious figure, Ship of Theseus is Straka's final book about a man who is struggling to discover his own identity.Ībducted onto the eponymous ship, the main character is swept into a story that spans oceans and ports, mountains and caves, capitals and citadels. Abrams, director of Star Wars, and written by Doug Dorst, an award-winning novelist, Ship of Theseus is the central novel within the experience that is S., a multi-faceted narrative of love and mystery.
What is Ship of Theseus, and who is its mysterious author V.M.
Because an audio edition is unable to recreate those innately visual pieces and thus the full experience of S., only the text of Ship of Theseus, the novel at the heart of S., has been recorded here.Īward-winning actor Graeme Malcolm reads the work of an incendiary novelist who may never have existed at all. Abrams and Doug Dorst conceived of a multi-layered novel-within-a-novel that involves handwritten notes in the margins and physical objects slipped between the pages. In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account.
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