![]() Mitchell is a prodigiously talented writer. "I hope Cloud Atlas will be spared knee-jerk reaction against "tricksy devices," and not merely because Mr.(.) In Cloud Atlas, it is certainly the how, and not the what, that is enthralling." - William Skidelsky, New Statesman ![]() The six narratives of Cloud Atlas vary significantly in style and tone, but they are animated by a single theme - mankind's capacity for cruelty, rapaciousness and violence. Yet Mitchell's aim is not principally to bamboozle. The reader is flung forward in time and then propelled backwards to the point from which he departed. (.) Mitchell gelingt die heikle Balance, diese literarischen Formen zu imitieren, zu parodieren und sie als historisch typische, ihre Epoche entlarvende Ausdrucksweisen gleichzeitig bitter ernst zu nehmen." - Jürgen Brocan, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
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