Cloud Atlas

Interesting Facts

• The book consists of six interconnected stories, each set in a different time and place, from the 19th century to a post-apocalyptic future.
• Each story is written in its unique style, reflecting the era and genre it belongs to, including diaries, letters, detective stories, science fiction, and post-apocalyptic tales.
• The novel's structure resembles a nesting doll: each story is interrupted halfway to make way for the next, then continues in reverse order.
• The main characters of each story are linked by reincarnation or genetic memory, emphasizing the theme of interconnectedness of all people and events.
• The book addresses important themes such as the struggle for freedom, the nature of power and oppression, and the cyclicality of history.
• The novel has received numerous literary awards and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
• In 2012, a film adaptation was released, directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and Tom Tykwer.