![]() The main characters do not directly interact with one another but their lives are infinitely connected and affected by the actions of the others. ![]() Each story segways into the next through character connections via letters, books, films, etc. No two stories are set in the same location, ranging from the English countryside to a futuristic Korea. The stories are vastly different in style, plot, and perspective, encompassing the lives of a nineteenth century notary, a post WWI musician playboy, a strong willed journalist in 1970s California, an aging literary editor in the early 21st century, a clone who sets out to instigate a rebellion, and a primitive youth surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. Each story is a completed tale within itself, yet their true significances lies in the connections between them, forming a collective whole. ![]() ![]() Cloud Atlas consists of six interconnected stories beginning with a voyage through the South Pacific in the nineteenth century and ending in a primitive post-apocalyptic Hawaii. ![]()
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