calmchowder 's review for:

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

5.0

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David Mitchell is truly a master of prose. His exemplification of a wide range of diction is strongly reminiscent of Faulkner, though less cryptic. Though I came for the beautiful execution of the English language, I stayed for the themes of power and circularity of time. I fell in love with the character of Peter Frobisher in particular - it was as though, during this point in the book, Mitchell transformed fluidly into Wilde.