Even as a Shadow, Even as a Dream (Paperback)

Chloe Zhao

ISBN 10: 191765135X / ISBN 13: 9781917651356

Published by MACK, London, 2025

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Paperback. Even as a Shadow, Even as a Dream is the debut book by Academy Award-winning director Chloe Zhao (Nomadland, 2020), actor Jessie Buckley, and photographer Agata Grzybowska, created during the making of Zhaos latest film Hamnet (2025).Rooted in the expansive dream-work that shaped Zhaos creative process, the book emerges from a series of artistic rituals shared between these three collaborators, through which Zhaos cinematic storytelling, Buckleys mesmerising writings, and Grzybowskas haunting photographs were made. Brought together in this book, they conjure a parallel telling of the story of Hamnet, the son of William Shakespeare.Even as a Shadow, Even as a Dream unfolds as a quiet companion to the film: not a document of its making, but a powerful reimagining that exists somewhere in the threshold between the worlds of waking and dreaming, reality and illusion, life and death.Hamnet is in select theaters this November.First edition published by MACK, 2025 (c) 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLCFilm (c) 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC Through Chloe Zhaos cinematic storytelling, Jessie Buckleys mesmerising writings, and Agata Grzybowskas haunting photographs, this book conjures a parallel telling of the story of Zhaos 2025 film Hamnet. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Even as a Shadow, Even as a Dream (Paperback)
• Publisher: MACK, London
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 191765135X
• ISBN 13: 9781917651356
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Even as a Shadow, Even as a Dream is the debut book by Academy Award-winning director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, 2020), actor Jessie Buckley, and photographer Agata Grzybowska, created during the making of Zhao’s latest film Hamnet (2025). Rooted in the expansive dream-work that shaped Zhao’s creative process, the book emerges from a series of artistic rituals shared between these three collaborators, through which Zhao’s cinematic storytelling, Buckley’s mesmerising writings, and Grzybowska’s haunting photographs were made. Brought together in this book, they conjure a parallel telling of the story of Hamnet, the son of William Shakespeare. Even as a Shadow, Even as a Dream unfolds as a quiet companion to the film: not a document of its making, but a powerful reimagining that exists somewhere in the threshold between the worlds of waking and dreaming, reality and illusion, life and death. Hamnet is in select theaters this November.