David Mitchell
Author profile
born
in Southport, Merseyside, England, The United Kingdom
January 12, 1969
gender
male
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influences
John Banville, Muriel Spark, Haruki Murakami, Paul Auster, Don DeLillo...more
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Cloud Atlas
— published 2004 — 90 editions |
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
— published 2010 — 41 editions |
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Black Swan Green
— published 2006 — 42 editions |
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Ghostwritten
— published 1999 — 21 editions |
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number9dream
— published 2001 — 24 editions |
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David Mitchell: Backstory
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The Gardener
by David Mitchell, Chris Moran — published 2011 |
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Cloud Atlas Vol. 1 of 2
— published 2010 |
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Cloud Atlas Vol. 2 of 2
— published 2010 |
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Dimsum (Asia's Literary Journal, Volume 12, Autumn 2005
by David Mitchell, Pico Iyer, Nury Vittachi — published 2005 |
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Interviews
July 2010,
David Mitchell
"Historical fiction isn't easy; it's not just another genre. How are they going to speak? If you get that too right, it sounds like a pastiche comedy—people are saying "thou" and "prithee" and "gadzooks," which they did say, but to an early 21st-century audience, it's laughable, even though it's accurate." ...More
"Historical fiction isn't easy; it's not just another genre. How are they going to speak? If you get that too right, it sounds like a pastiche comedy—people are saying "thou" and "prithee" and "gadzooks," which they did say, but to an early 21st-century audience, it's laughable, even though it's accurate." ...More
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“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
Polls
What would you like to read for May's group read? The theme is decades.
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| SciFi and Fantasy...: July Sci-Fi Book *Please See Posts#1-#14-#26* | 73 | 299 | Jun 14, 2009 03:22am | |
| 50 Books' Book Club: August's Book | 20 | 111 | Aug 08, 2009 09:54am | |
| Listomania: David Mitchell's Top Ten | 1 | 185 | Aug 14, 2009 09:32am | |
| The Next Best Boo...: please recommend connected stories, novel in stories | 49 | 364 | Oct 27, 2009 09:21pm | |
| The Next Best Boo...: End of the Year Summary | 81 | 244 | Dec 29, 2009 05:48pm | |
| Constant Reader: Best Books READ in 2009 | 199 | 286 | Jan 16, 2010 08:39am | |
| Cover to Cover Ch...: *144* Questionnaire (just for fun) | 62 | 269 | Feb 03, 2010 02:39pm | |
| 50 Books' Book Club: List of past group reads | 2 | 45 | Feb 06, 2010 03:57pm |
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