The story details an amnesiac’s peculiar journey of self-discovery. Ship of Theseus, is Straka’s 19th and final book, before his mysterious death, which is speculated to have been an assassination, caused by espionage. Straka’s identity, life, and the secret behind Ship of Theseus. You can read Ship of Theseus all the way through, but scribbled within the margins, tucked away between pages, is another story: one of two college students trying to decode the mysteries of V.M. Simply stated, when purchasing the novel, you are purchasing two separate stories, tied together solely by the fictional author. S. is designed to look like another book, by the title of Ship of Theseus, a fictional novel, written by a fictional and mysterious author, V.M. Let’s dissect it all, shall we? What Does A Story Within A Story Look Like? This sparked the idea behind the novel, S. As Abrams said, he once found a book on a bench, with a note giving specific instructions to read and leave the book where someone else may find it, forming an ongoing chain of readership, composed of curious readers who actively leave the book somewhere public, for another curious individual to pick it up. Abrams himself, and written by Doug Dorst, is not just a mere story, it’s a literary experiment, showcased as a physical object.
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