Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
Explore fundamental questions of reality and identity in this brilliantly original adventure that jumps through time and space. From an American notary voyaging in 1850 to a postapocalyptic Iron Age Hawaii, the story weaves together the fates of disparate characters and reveals how their souls drift across time like clouds across the sky. With daring artistry and mind-bending philosophical and scientific speculation, Cloud Atlas is an unforgettable tour de force that has transcended its cult classic status to become a worldwide phenomenon.
Publish Date
2004-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
2004-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.01
ISBN
9780375507250
Recommendations
4
Recommendations
2020-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
This is the kind of novel you’ll think and talk about for a long time after you finish it. The plot is a bit hard to explain, because it involves six inter-related stories that take place centuries apart (including one I particularly loved about a young American doctor on a sailing ship in the South Pacific in the mid-1800s). But if you’re in the mood for a really compelling tale about the best and worst of humanity, I think you’ll find yourself as engrossed in it as I was. – source2008-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
It's one of the most beautiful, entertaining, challenging books—something that takes all your attention. – source2020-01-12T22:32:23.000Z
Outstanding book. Talk about immersive.
Few other epic fiction books that left me wowed:
-thousand autumn’s of Jacob de Zoet by Mitchell
-cloud atlas by Mitchell
-a fraction of the whole by Toltz – source2020-01-28T21:03:35.000Z
@AlliSpeed Cloud Atlas - Fucked with my mind for a while after. Clever, potentially scary, futuristic and historical all at the same time.
Ignore the film. The book IS amazing. – source