Ghostwritten
David Mitchell
Acult member carries out a gas attack on a rush-hour metro, but what connects him to a jazz buff in downtown Tokyo? A woman on a holy mountain talks to a tree - and the tree talks back, unaware of the effect which the financial irregularities of a burnt-out lawyer will have on her life.
Posted by mdixoncm@drupal.org (1 year ago ) If you have read Cloud Atlas then you will be very familiar with the feel of this book. Multiple very loosely connected stories, full of metaphors and spiritualism.
I really enjoyed this book, but I think i would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't recently read Cloud Atlas and 2 Ali Smith novels (hotel and accidental) which all used the unique idea of putting several short linked stories together. Not that its a bad idea, just that it by the time i have gotten into the each story and got to know (and like) the character you have to move onto a whole new story!
Anyway, its good stuff - and I am keen to read a "normal" full length novel by David Mitchell.
Posted by thebard (1 year ago ) A great book, although mdixoncm does have a point - just as you get into the characters they are off and you have a whole new bunch to get to grips with ...
was this his debut?
Posted by mdixoncm@drupal.org (1 year ago ) Very similar to cloud atlas, although not quite as good!
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