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Cloud Atlas, published in 2004, is the third novel by British author David Mitchell. The book combines metafiction , historical fiction , contemporary fiction and science fiction , with interconnected nested stories that take the reader from the remote South Pacific in the 19th century to the island of Hawai'i in a distant post-apocalyptic future.
- David Stephen Mitchell
- 2004
Mar 1, 2004 · Now in his new novel, David Mitchell explores with daring artistry fundamental questions of reality and identity. Cloud Atlas begins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to his home in California.
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Aug 17, 2004 · A postmodern visionary and one of the leading voices in twenty-first-century fiction, David Mitchell combines flat-out adventure, a Nabokovian love of puzzles, a keen eye for character, and a taste for mind-bending, philosophical and scientific speculation in the tradition of Umberto Eco, Haruki Murakami, and Philip K. Dick.
- David Stephen Mitchell
- $12.22
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
Cloud Atlas, novel by David Mitchell, published in 2004. Cloud Atlas is a polyphonic compendium of interlacing but nonlinear parables. Divided into six different accounts spanning several centuries, Mitchell ranges from the journal of a 19th-century American notary to the post-apocalyptic memoir of a herdsman, Zachry.
Nov 13, 2008 · Cloud Atlas: A Novel. Kindle Edition. by David Mitchell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 11,677. See all formats and editions. By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks | Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. A postmodern visionary and one of the leading voices in twenty-first-century fiction, David Mitchell combines flat-out ...
Apr 10, 2024 · Cloud Atlas, which was shortlisted for the /node/2929 Booker Prize in 2004, is a novel comprised of six interconnected tales, each written in a unique style and told from a differing perspective: a reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded j...
As wild as a videogame, as mysterious as a Zen koan, Cloud Atlas is an unforgettable tour de force that, like its incomparable author, has transcended its cult classic status to become a worldwide phenomenon.
