´ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY´ Independent
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, winner of Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year and a BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club pick
´Miraculous´
Sunday Times
´A masterful feast´
Evening Standard
´Shamelessly exciting´
Spectator
´Remarkable´
Guardian
´Stunning´
Daily Mail
A novel of mind-bending imagination and scope from the author of Ghostwritten and Utopia Avenue
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.
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PRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELL
´A thrilling and gifted writer´
Financial Times
´Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good´
Daily Mail
´Mitchell is, clearly, a genius´
New York Times Book Review
´An author of extraordinary ambition and skill´
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