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Cloud Atlas

Pages
544
Published
2007
Language
English

Synopsis

Across six nested stories spanning centuries, characters find their lives echoing each other through time. From a 19th-century Pacific voyage to a far-future dystopia, these tales explore the enduring human struggle against oppression and the search for meaning. Discover how choices made in one era ripple through history, connecting disparate souls in unexpected ways.

About the author

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David Mitchell

David Stephen Mitchell (born 12 January 1969, Southport) is an English novelist, screenwriter and librettist. Two of his novels, number9dream (2001) and Cloud Atlas (2004), were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His other books include Ghostwritten, Black Swan Green, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, The Bone Clocks, Slade House and Utopia Avenue. With his wife Keiko Yoshida he translated two books by Naoki Higashida about autism, The Reason I Jump and Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight. H...

Characters

ZachryProtagonist
All characters in Cloud Atlas
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