Cloud Atlas (novel)

Cloud Atlas, published in 2004, is the third novel by British author <a href="/facts/David_Mitchell_(author)/WsjvDA4b">David Mitchell</a>. The book combines <a href="/facts/Metafiction/4STqxDmg">metafiction</a>, <a href="/facts/Historical_fiction/fIhoVb6M">historical fiction</a>, contemporary fiction and <a href="/facts/Science_fiction/d9hE2Lwt">science fiction</a>, with interconnected <a href="/facts/Nested_stories/ynzTylMW">nested stories</a> in different writing styles that take the reader from the remote <a href="/facts/South_Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">South Pacific</a> in the 19th century to the island of <a href="/facts/Hawaii_(island)/6CeBU0t6">Hawaii</a> in a distant <a href="/facts/Post-apocalyptic/6a9bYkqe">post-apocalyptic</a> future. Its title references a piece of music by <a href="/facts/Toshi_Ichiyanagi/4lCrjyRd">Toshi Ichiyanagi</a>.
It received awards from both the general literary community and the <a href="/facts/Speculative_fiction/j9dUbo0d">speculative fiction</a> community, including the <a href="/facts/British_Book_Awards/PGSE6k8y">British Book Awards</a> Literary Fiction award and the <a href="/facts/Richard_%2526_Judy/4Y6CXhHE">Richard & Judy</a> Book of the Year award, it was also short-listed for the <a href="/facts/Booker_Prize/P0yfbNIl">Booker Prize</a>, <a href="/facts/Nebula_Award_for_Best_Novel/T3MQCwp8">Nebula Award for Best Novel</a>, and <a href="/facts/Arthur_C._Clarke_Award/gQF7ufmu">Arthur C. Clarke Award</a>. <a href="/facts/Cloud_Atlas_(film)/GynDF56e">A film adaptation</a> directed by <a href="/facts/The_Wachowskis/zpskEA2U">the Wachowskis</a> and <a href="/facts/Tom_Tykwer/kEhx9qy5">Tom Tykwer</a>, and featuring an <a href="/facts/Ensemble_cast/2cJreBu1">ensemble cast</a>, was released in 2012.

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