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Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 2004 by Sceptre · 529 pages
Nebula · 2005
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Synopsis
Six nested stories span centuries, from a nineteenth-century Pacific voyage to a post-apocalyptic future, each interrupted at its midpoint and completed in reverse order. The protagonists include a notary, a composer, a journalist, a publisher, a clone, and a tribesman.
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Details
- Author nationality
- United Kingdom
- Adaptation
- Cloud Atlas (film, 2012)
- ISBN
- 9780340822777