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David Mitchell’s third novel, Cloud Atlas, interlaces six distinct stories ranging from the mid‑19th‑century Pacific to post‑apocalyptic futures. Each narrative— a reluctant voyager, a disinherited composer, an ambitious journalist, a vanity publisher, a genetically engineered death‑row “din‑server,” and a young Pacific Islander—echoes one another across history, illustrating how individual destinies shape and are shaped by larger forces of fate and ambition. The work blends science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction, and examines the ways humanity’s desire for power can lead to both tragedy and transcendence.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: David Mitchell
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