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Cloud Atlas

by David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas : A Novel - Thryft
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas : A Novel - Thryft

Intertwined narratives exploring humanity's interconnectedness.

"Cloud Atlas" is a journey that defies literary convention, offering a mix of history, science fiction, and thrilling adventure. As you dive into the six interconnected stories, you'll unravel a deeper understanding of how actions ripple through time, affecting lives far beyond our own. If you're intrigued by the notion that every life is connected and that stories can transcend time, this book is bound to be a remarkable read that will stick with you long after you've turned the last page.

  • Booker Prize Nominee (2004)
  • Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2004)
  • Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2005)
  • Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (2005)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2004)
  • British Book Award for Best Read of the Year (2005)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2004)
  • Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (2005)
  • Tähtivaeltaja Award Nominee (2009)
  • The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Cloud Atlas

by David Mitchell
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ISBN: 9780375507250
Authors: David Mitchell
Publisher: Random House
Date of Publication: 2004-08-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Related Topics: LGBTQ+, Literature, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Speculative Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.01
(rated by 265766 readers)

Description

A postmodern visionary who is also a master of styles of genres, David Mitchell combines flat-out adventure, a Nabokovian lore 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. The result is brilliantly original fiction as profound as it is playful. 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. Along the way, Ewing is befriended by a physician, Dr. Goose, who begins to treat him for a rare species of brain parasite. Abruptly, the action jumps to Belgium in 1931, where Robert Frobisher, a disinherited bisexual composer, contrives his way into the household of an infirm maestro who has a beguiling wife and a nubile daughter. From there we jump to the West Coast in the 1970s and a troubled reporter named Luisa Rey, who stumbles upon a web of corporate greed and murder that threatens to claim her life. And onward, with dazzling virtuosity, to an inglorious present-day England; to a Korean superstate of the near future where neocapitalism has run amok; and, finally, to a
 

Intertwined narratives exploring humanity's interconnectedness.

"Cloud Atlas" is a journey that defies literary convention, offering a mix of history, science fiction, and thrilling adventure. As you dive into the six interconnected stories, you'll unravel a deeper understanding of how actions ripple through time, affecting lives far beyond our own. If you're intrigued by the notion that every life is connected and that stories can transcend time, this book is bound to be a remarkable read that will stick with you long after you've turned the last page.

  • Booker Prize Nominee (2004)
  • Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2004)
  • Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2005)
  • Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (2005)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2004)
  • British Book Award for Best Read of the Year (2005)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2004)
  • Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (2005)
  • Tähtivaeltaja Award Nominee (2009)
  • The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.