"Cloud Atlas"

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Another case where the choice of an excerpt can vastly affect one's perception of the book.  I liked Cloud Atlas, but thought it held together more as a collection of short stories than as a novel.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com>
>Sent: Aug 3, 2006 11:53 PM
>To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: "Cloud Atlas"
>
>David Mitchell, the book was topic here for a month exactly one year ago.
>
>Definitely something for literature courses! Give it a try!
>
>"Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of
>recent footprints." (3)
>
>2006/8/4, Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net>:
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>>  Ug.  What this Cloud Atlas you speak??  Who write?  It good?
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