Did he write himself into the novel as theĪssassin S., who sails on a patched-up ship trying to remember who he Is a member of a group called S., wanted for subversion, sabotage,Įspionage, and murder. Jen and Eric warnĮach other: to study Straka is dangerous. Novel says about him turns out to be deadly serious business, impeded byįires, thefts, unscrupulous rivals, and betrayals. Their efforts to discover who Straka was and what his Hidden in its "veiled autobiography." They look for itsĬiphers and codes. Where they probe the secrets of Ship of Theseus. The book is the haven where they fall in love and a work site Jen invites Eric to useĮmail, but he believes the book is safer and its cargo of messages is Instead sends the book back with more messages. Jen's notesĪsk Eric to meet face to face, but he fears he would disappoint her and Library special collections Eric is a bitter graduate student bulliedīy his advisor and supported by an obscure foundation. Jen is a well-read literature major, working in It is an odd way to communicate,īut it works for them. Silent messenger, telling each other what they felt and thought about To look at it, any copy of Ship of Theseus seems to be the veryĬopy Jen and Eric passed back and forth, their point of contact and Made by the two leading characters-Jennifer Heyward and Eric Husch-of Stains, underlining, and margins densely covered with handwritten notes It looks like something out of 1949, with odd Number on its spine, its inner cover bearing date stamps showing when it The usual library markings: ownership stamps, a Dewey classification Ship of Theseus (what fans call "the inner novel") has To solving a mystery or for beginning one.
Inside a notecard, a map drawn on a napkin. Inserts: folded letters, postcards from Brazil, photographs, photocopiedĭocuments from the Straka archives, a decoder wheel, a page from aĬampus newspaper, a calling card, a yellowing obituaiy clipping slipped
Ralph Geroni designed everything that went into it.Īnd what is everything? Ship of Theseus is thickened with Kendall engaged Melcher Media to handle production. Make thousands of copies, each of which looks unique. Kendall's assignment was monumental: produce a book Joshua Kendall, their editor at Mulholland Books, put the pieces Abrams came up with theĬoncept and shared it with Lindsey Weber, who recommended Doug Dorst. Than a dozen people who helped realize it. It is a book-length critique of fiction, reading, and It vents the misery of literary studies and changes shapeĪs it progresses. Something Else: a masterpiece of book making, from concept to packaging,Ī very bookish book that also pays tribute to letters, postcards, and Theseus, filched from a high school library. Websites that gathered avid readers to share its secrets, attack itsĬodes, and devote untold hours into reading S. 2015 University of Nebraska Press 27 May.
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