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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas tells six different narratives, told in parts and out of order at times, constructing a novel with their intersections and coincidences. Each story is at first partially told. Then the unfinished stories are completed in backwards order. David Mitchell's novel explores the intersection of history and humanity as they echo through time.
"Cloud Atlas is a singular achievement, from an author of extraordinary ambition and skill, setting himself challenges that would drive most authors to madness.” Independent
David Mitchell entices his readers on to a rollercoaster, and at first they wonder if they want to get off. Then - at least in my case - they can't bear the journey to end. A S Byatt
It was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize and – most remarkably – in the same year won both the British Book Awards Literary Fiction Award and The Richard and Judy Best Read. Don’t be put off by all this – please read it!
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