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Souls travel through the ages as clouds travel through the skies…
An American notary who sails the Pacific Ocean and observes himself, other people and communities. A penniless composer who is tricked into the home of an elderly genius in interwar Belgium. A principled journalist who leads a dangerous investigation into a major corporation in California. A vain publisher on the run from gangsters. A genetically modified “diner server” who delivers her will on the scaffold. And a young Pacific Islander who witnesses the decline of science and civilization.
The narrators of Cloud Atlas hear each other’s echoes in the corridors of history—echoes that change destinies both in detail and globally. Spanning events from the 19th century to a post-apocalyptic future, this novel erases boundaries—time, genre, language—and shows us the amazing interconnectedness between people as a way to resist the relentless march of time.