Ghostwritten

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Interconnected tales spanning genres and geography.

If you're intrigued by narratives that weave together diverse lives and settings, creating a rich tapestry of human experience, "Ghostwritten" is a must-read. David Mitchell masterfully connects seemingly unrelated characters from across the globe, exploring themes of fate and connection. This debut novel promises an intellectual journey through its intricate plot, and its revelation about perspective will resonate deeply.

  • Guardian First Book Award Nominee (1999)
  • John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1999)
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.

Ghostwritten

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ISBN: 9780375724503
Authors: David Mitchell
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2001-10-09
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.05
(rated by 32590 readers)

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A gallery attendant at the Hermitage. A young jazz buff in Tokyo. A crooked British lawyer in Hong Kong. A disc jockey in Manhattan. A physicist in Ireland. An elderly woman running a tea shack in rural China. A cult-controlled terrorist in Okinawa. A musician in London. A transmigrating spirit in Mongolia. What is the common thread of coincidence or destiny that connects the lives of these nine souls in nine far-flung countries, stretching across the globe from east to west? What pattern do their linked fates form through time and space? A writer of pyrotechnic virtuosity and profound compassion, a mind to which nothing human is alien, David Mitchell spins genres, cultures, and ideas like gossamer threads around and through these nine linked stories. Many forces bind these lives, but at root all involve the same universal longing for connection and transcendence, an axis of commonality that leads in two directions—to creation and to destruction. In the end, as lives converge with a fearful symmetry, Ghostwritten comes full circle, to a point at which a familiar idea—that whether the planet is vast or small is merely a matter of perspective—strikes home with the force of a new revelation. It marks the debut novel of a writer with astonishing gifts.
 

Interconnected tales spanning genres and geography.

If you're intrigued by narratives that weave together diverse lives and settings, creating a rich tapestry of human experience, "Ghostwritten" is a must-read. David Mitchell masterfully connects seemingly unrelated characters from across the globe, exploring themes of fate and connection. This debut novel promises an intellectual journey through its intricate plot, and its revelation about perspective will resonate deeply.

  • Guardian First Book Award Nominee (1999)
  • John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1999)
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.