Cloud Atlas Ch. 6

[Ghetta Life]

I'm not quite through "Sloosha's Crossin,'" but it does seem the apex of the 
chronology from the little peeks I've taken ahead.  In some sense the 
following chapters will probably serve as an explanation of how we arrived 
at "Sloosha."  But that's just a guess.

Ghetta

>From: jbor at bigpond.com
>
>Once it became clear where (and when) we were in the 'Sloosha's Crossin' 
>an' Ev'rythin' After' chapter, I could envisage what "will" happen in a 
>global/historical sense in the remainder of the novel, and how some of the 
>plot points of the separate sections will tie in with one another. I can 
>see the way Mitchell has shaped the text too, moving chronologically 
>forward and then back in time through the various episodes. It's quite an 
>elegant structure, a sort of "V"-shape with Zachry's story as the pivot.
>

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