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Cloud Atlas was written by British novelist David Mitchell and published in the United Kingdom by Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder and Stoughton in The novel was released the same year in the United States by Random House.

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Cloud Atlas consists of six interconnected stories separated by time and place. Spanning decades, the novel opens with the sea voyage of a young notary in the South Pacific in the nineteen century and ends in post-apoplectic Hawaii. The tome interweaves each of its six tales by connecting the main characters with one another through found letters, journals, books, films, etc.

The writing style varies throughout the novel, but the link between the characters and the undulating pulse of its massive themes (reincarnation, dominance, faith, among others) unites each story as a whole.

Praised for its innovation Cloud Atlas was short listed for the Man Booker Prize, the Nebula A