David Mitchell: Cloud Atlas, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Cloud Atlas
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- Verlag:
- Hodder And Stoughton Ltd., 02/2005
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780340822784
- Artikelnummer:
- 2169301
- Umfang:
- 529 Seiten
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2004
- Gewicht:
- 382 g
- Maße:
- 198 x 126 mm
- Stärke:
- 43 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 21.2.2005
- Hinweis
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Kurzbeschreibung
David Mitchell gehört zu den vielversprechendsten britischen Autoren seiner Generation. Sein Roman hebt die Grenzen von Sprache, Zeit und Genre auf und ist eine vielstimmige Meditation über Macht, Geschichte und das Menschsein. Ein Leseerlebnis der ganz besonderen Art. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year
Beschreibung
Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies . . .
Six interlocking lives - one amazing adventure. In a narrative that circles the globe and reaches from the 19th century to a post-apocalyptic future, Cloud Atlas erases the boundaries of time, genre and language to offer an enthralling vision of humanity's will to power, and where it will lead us.
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Rezension
It knits together science fiction, political thriller and historical pastiche with musical virtuosity and linguistic exuberance: there won't be a bigger, bolder novel this year. Guardian - Justine Jordan
Klappentext
'ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY' INDEPENDENT
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, winner of Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year and a BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club pick
'Miraculous'
SUNDAY TIMES
'Gorgeous and life-affirming'
R. F. KUANG
'A masterful feast'
EVENING STANDARD
'Shamelessly exciting'
SPECTATOR
'Remarkable'
GUARDIAN
'Stunning'
DAILY MAIL
A novel of mind-bending imagination and scope from the author of Ghostwritten and Utopia Avenue
Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies . . .
Six interlocking lives - one amazing adventure. In a narrative that circles the globe and reaches from the 19th century to a post-apocalyptic future, Cloud Atlas erases the boundaries of time, genre and language to offer an enthralling vision of humanity's will to power, and where it will lead us.
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PRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELL
'A thrilling and gifted writer'
FINANCIAL TIMES
'Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good'
DAILY MAIL
'Mitchell is, clearly, a genius'
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
'An author of extraordinary ambition and skill'
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
'A superb storyteller'
THE NEW YORKER
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Biografie
David Mitchell, born in 1969, grew up in Worcestershire. After graduating from Kent University, he taught English in Japan, where he wrote his first novel, "Ghostwritten". Published in 1999, it was awarded the Mail on Sunday John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. His second novel, "number9dream", was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and in 2003, David Mitchell was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists.
