Mitchell wears his extensive knowledge of 18th century japan lightly, but uses the ban on any christian books wonderfully and with great literary tension early in jacobs arrival in nagasaki. But perhaps this is in all actuality some small mercy. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. David mitchell, jonathan aris, paula wilcox, whole story audiobooks. A bold and epic novel of a rarely visited point in history, it is a work as exquisitely rendered as it is irresistibly readable.
All in all, much of what i enjoyed most about cloud atlas the colorful characters and their unique vocabularies and mannerisms, the historicallybased. Cut off from headquarters in what is now jakarta there is, at best, an annual window of exchange when a company ship comes to pick up and deliver the goods, the. It is a historical novel set during the dutch trading concession with japan in the late 18th century, during the period of japanese history known as sakoku. Of course, mitchells book was not published forty years ago. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 479 pages and is available in hardcover format. After david mitchells 2004 novel, cloud atlas, nested six competing eras within each other for a genrebending fantasy, 2006s followup, black swan green, felt fairly or otherwise like a deliberate narrowing of scope.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. What is important, what matters, is that these writers have a taste and gift for wriggling out of straightjackets, and embody a great promise or dream to accomplish, in this battered form, something new. The first edition of the novel was published in may th 2010, and was written by david mitchell. A japanese midwife, trained by a dutch doctor who resides on the. The final chapters of the book especially the last paragraph are literary perfection. However, sometimes entertainment is a long road and not a short sprint. Twice shortlisted for the man booker prize, mitchell was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by time in 2007. Its historical fiction at its finest, with detailed character work and fantastic storytelling throughout. Some of the descriptive writing is so breathtakingly, heart achingly adept it cuts like a scalpel through to your heart. Its pages boast enough intricate turns to invite lingering. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read.
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