A vapour of existence: David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas

• Main Author: Lai, Zaneta Zhi Yan
• Other Authors: Neil Murphy
• Format: URECA Research Papers
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::Literature
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159665
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas goes beyond the dreamscape in challenging reality. Each narrative and character does not serve an individual purpose, but is linked with heavy intertextual meanings. The book does not revolve around a single narrative nor protagonist, but follows 5 characters around thei...