Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004
How vulgar,this hankering after immortality,how vain,how false.
Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies...
Six interlocking lives - one amazing adventure. In a narrative that circles the globe and reaches from the 19th century to a post-apocalyptic future,Cloud Atlas erases the boundaries of time,genre and language to offer an enthralling vision of humanity's will to power,and where it will lead us.
Please note that the end of p39 and p40 are intentionally blank
Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9780340822784Number of pages: 544Weight: 375 gDimensions: 197 x 138 x 35 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A remarkable book...there won't be a bigger,bolder novel this year.'- The Guardian
'An impeccable dance of genres...an elegiac,radiant festival of prescience,meditation and entertainment.'- Neel Mukherjee, The Times
'A singular achievement,from an author of extraordinary ambition and skill.'- Matt Thorne,The Independent on Sunday
'David Mitchell entices his readers onto 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.'- AS Byatt, The Guardian
'Mitchell's storytelling in Cloud Atlas is of the best.'- Lawrence Norfolk,Independent
'Impeccably structured novel of ideas in many voices by a talent to watch.'- Literary Editor's Best Books,The Observer
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