A modern classic, a monumental masterpiece that, like many of Mitchell's other books, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2012, the novel was adapted for the screen by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis, becoming—with a budget of over $100 million—the most expensive independent film in cinema history.
“Cloud Atlas” is like a hall of mirrors, in which six voices echo and layer upon one another: a mid-nineteenth-century notary returning to the U.S. from Australia; a young composer forced to trade his body and soul in Europe between the world wars; a journalist in 1970s California uncovering a corporate conspiracy; a small-time publisher—our contemporary—who manages to strike it rich on a gangster's autobiography and is fleeing from creditors; a clone-server at a fast-food joint in Korea, a land of victorious cyberpunk; and a Hawaiian goatherd at the sunset of civilization.
Author: David Mitchell
Translator: Grigory Yaropolsky
Pages: 640 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 220x150x30 mm
