Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Book Analysis):Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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ISBN 10: 2808014716 / ISBN 13: 9782808014717

Published by BrightSummaries.com, 2019

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Synopsis:

Unlock the more straightforward side of Cloud Atlas with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

This engaging summary presents an analysis of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, a novel consisting of six interconnected stories from different periods of history. Starting with the journal of a 19th-century lawyer, half of each story is told, only to be interrupted at a crucial moment, at which point the next story begins. The reader is taken on a whirlwind journey through the past, present and future, meeting a lovelorn composer from the interwar period, an investigative journalist with her first big scoop, a bumbling publisher trapped in a nursing home, a clone who takes up the banner of revolution, and eventually a tribesman in a post-apocalyptic world, whose story is told in full, only for the novel to cycle back through time, eventually bringing the reader back to that same 19th-century journal that opened the story. Cloud Atlas is one of David Mitchell's best-known works, and raises powerful questions about the nature of time, identity and humanity itself.

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This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:

• A complete plot summary
• Character studies
• Key themes and symbols
• Questions for further reflection

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Book Analysis...
Publisher: BrightSummaries.com
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New