内容简介
Onebook.Tworeaders.Aworldofmystery,menace,anddesire.Ayoungwomanpicksupabookleftbehindbyastranger.Insideitarehismarginnotes,whichrevealareaderentrancedbythestoryandbyitsmysteriousauthor.Sherespondswithnotesofherown,leavingthebookforthestranger,andsobeginsanunlikelyconversationthatplungesthembothintotheunknown.Thebook:ShipofTheseus,thefinalnovelbyaprolificbutenigmaticwriternamedV.M.Straka,inwhichamanwithnopastisshanghaiedontoastrangeshipwithamonstrouscrewandlaunchedontoadisorientingandperilousjourney.Thewriter:Straka,theincendiaryandsecretivesubjectofoneoftheworld'sgreatestmysteries,arevolutionaryaboutwhomtheworldknowsnothingapartfromthewordshewroteandtherumorsthatswirlaroundhim.Thereaders:JenniferandEric,acollegeseniorandadisgracedgradstudent,bothfacingcrucialdecisionsaboutwhotheyare,whotheymightbecome,andhowmuchthey'rewillingtotrustanotherpersonwiththeirpassions,hurts,andfears.S.,conceivedbyfilmmakerJ.J.Abramsandwrittenbyaward-winningnovelistDougDorst,isthechronicleoftworeadersfindingeachotherinthemarginsofabookandenmeshingthemselvesinadeadlystrugglebetweenforcestheydon'tunderstand,anditisalsoAbramsandDorst'slovelettertothewrittenword.
作者简介
Emmy-Award-winningfilmmakerJ.J.Abramshasproduced,directed,orwrittenfilmsandtelevisionshowsincludingFringe,Lost,Alias,Felicity,StarTrek,Cloverfield,Mission:Impossible,andmore.DougDorstteacheswritingatTexasStateUniversity-SanMarcos.HeistheauthorofthePEN/Hemingway-nominatednovelAliveinNecropolisandthecollectionTheSurfGuru.HisworkhasappearedinMcSweeney's,Ploughshares,Epoch,andelsewhere.Dorstisalsoathree-timeJeopardy!champion.,,,