英文：Cloud Atlas：A Novel 精装 32开 共509页

图书标准信息

• 作者 David Mitchell 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2012-10
• ISBN 9780812994711
• 定价 221.60元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 528页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Modern Library (Hardcover)

【内容简介】

NewlyaddedtotheModernLibrary,thiseditionmakesCloudAtlasavailableinhardcoverfortheveryfirsttime.Apostmodernvisionaryandoneoftheleadingvoicesintwenty-first-centuryfiction,DavidMitchellcombinesflat-outadventure,aNabokovianloveofpuzzles,akeeneyeforcharacter,andatasteformind-bending,philosophicalandscientificspeculationinthetraditionofUmbertoEco,HarukiMurakami,andPhilipK.Dick.Theresultisbrilliantlyoriginalfictionasprofoundasitisplayful.Inthisgroundbreakingnovel,aninfluentialfavoriteamonganewgenerationofwriters,Mitchellexploreswithdaringartistryfundamentalquestionsofrealityandidentity.

CloudAtlasbeginsin1850withAdamEwing,anAmericannotaryvoyagingfromtheChathamIslestohishomeinCalifornia.Alongtheway,Ewingisbefriendedbyaphysician,Dr.Goose,whobeginstotreathimforararespeciesofbrainparasite....Abruptly,theactionjumpstoBelgiumin1931,whereRobertFrobisher,adisinheritedbisexualcomposer,contriveshiswayintothehouseholdofaninfirmmaestrowhohasabeguilingwifeandanubiledaughter....FromtherewejumptotheWestCoastinthe1970sandatroubledreporternamedLuisaRey,whostumblesuponawebofcorporategreedandmurderthatthreatenstoclaimherlife....Andonward,withdazzlingvirtuosity,toaningloriouspresent-dayEngland;toaKoreansuperstateofthenearfuturewhereneocapitalismhasrunamok;and,finally,toapostapocalypticIronAgeHawaiiinthelastdaysofhistory.

Butthestorydoesn’tendeventhere.Thenarrativethenboomerangsbackthroughcenturiesandspace,returningbythesameroute,inreverse,toitsstartingpoint.Alongtheway,Mitchellrevealshowhisdisparatecharactersconnect,howtheirfatesintertwine,andhowtheirsoulsdriftacrosstimelikecloudsacrossthesky.

Aswildasavideogame,asmysteriousasaZenkoan,CloudAtlasisanunforgettabletourdeforcethat,likeitsincomparableauthor,hastranscendeditscultclassicstatustobecomeaworldwidephenomenon.

PraisefortheNewYorkTimesbestsellerCloudAtlas

“[David]Mitchellis,clearly,agenius.Hewritesasthoughatthehelmofsomeperpetualdreammachine,canevidentlydoanything,andhisambitioniswritteninmagmaacrossthisnovel’severypage.”—TheNewYorkTimesBookReview

“Oneofthosehow-the-holy-hell-did-he-do-it?modernclassicsthatnodoubtis—andshouldbe—readbyanystudentofcontemporaryliterature.”—DaveEggers

“Wildlyentertaining...aheadrush,bothaction-packedandchillinglyruminative.”—People

“ThenovelasseriesofnesteddollsorChineseboxes,apuzzle-book,andyet—notjustdazzling,amusing,orcleverbutheartbreakingandpassionate,too.I’veneverreadanythingquitelikeit,andI’mgratefultohavelived,forawhile,inallitsmanyworlds.”—MichaelChabon

“CloudAtlasoughttomake[Mitchell]famousonbothsidesoftheAtlanticasawriterwhosefearlessnessismatchedbyhistalent.”—TheWashingtonPostBookWorld

“Thrilling...OneofthebiggestjoysinCloudAtlasiswatchingMitchellsashayfromgenretogenrewithoutahitchinhisdancestep.”—BostonSundayGlobe

“Grandandelaborate...[Mitchell]createsaworldandlanguageatonceforeignandstrange,yetstrikinglyfamiliarandintimate.”—LosAngelesTimes,

【作者简介】

DavidMitchellistheauthoroftheinternationalbestsellerTheThousandAutumnsofJacobdeZoet,namedabestbookoftheyearbyTime,TheWashingtonPost,FinancialTimes,TheNewYorker,TheGlobeandMail,andTheNewYorkTimes;BlackSwanGreen,whichwasselectedasoneofthe10BestBooksoftheYearbyTime;CloudAtlas,whichwasaManBookerPrizefinalist;Number9Dream,whichwasshort-listedfortheManBookeraswellastheJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrize;andGhostwritten,awardedtheMailonSunday/JohnLlewellynRhysPrizeforbestbookbyawriterunderthirty-fiveandshort-listedfortheGuardianFirstBookAward.Hailedas“thenovelistwho’sbeenshowingusthefutureoffiction”byTheWashingtonPost,Mitchellwasnamedoneofthe100mostinfluentialpeopleintheworldbyTimein2007.HelivesinIreland.