Cloud Atlas av David Mitchell

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David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas. 2004. Pocket, Sceptre. ISBN 0 340 83320 3
The number9dream

Complete Review om Cloud Atlas

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Inte fullt lika imponerad, Scott Desposito, Conversational Reading i den här artikeln The number9dream/Mitchell Post ex.
"In all honesty, I actually liked number9dream better than Cloud Atlas. The Atlas was a great read (hell, both of them are great reads) but it seemed like, if anything, Mitchell was trying to pin down his meaning even more severly in novel #3. At least number9dream had some ambiguity, some room to squeak through competing arguments. Cloud Atlas basically puts you in a headlock and is like "Look, humanity is doomed to keep destroying itself in an ever-spirialing cycle of violence that only gets worse as technology gets better. Got it?!? GOT IT!!!?!!"

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John Mullan analyses Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Guardian Books 050319-050409)
Week one: oral narrative Words o' knowin'
Week two: the multi-genre novel Hidden links
Week three: antique prose Savagery upon a forlorn strand
Week four: narrative structure Scaffolding not provided

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Genesis
David Mitchell reveals how his books coagulate slowly in a primordial idea-soup.