Dimensions
138 x 197 x 35mm
The highly anticipated new novel of mindbending imagination and scope by the Booker-shortlisted author.
A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan's California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified "dinery server" on death-row; and Zachry, a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation - the narrators of 'Cloud Atlas' hear each other's echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changed in ways both great and small.
In his captivating novel, David Mitchell surpasses the boundaries of language, genre and time to offer a meditation on humanity's dangerous desire for power, and where it may lead us.
