The ambitious novel continues to captivate readers, earning a top honor decades after its release.

First I need to talk about the book, because it's not as if Cloud Atlas the movie came from nowhere — and if you think it's only the movie you want to know about, I think you need a context for what's ...

"Yet, what is any ocean but a multitude of drops?" So asks David Mitchell in his post-modern masterpiece Cloud Atlas. In many ways, it's a fitting question that sums up the book entirely. SEE ALSO: ...

It’s hard to know quite what to make of “Cloud Atlas,” adapted and directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski (“The Matrix”) and Tom Tykwer (“Run Lola Run,” “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer”) — for ambition ...

German director Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run, Heaven) and Andy and Lana Wachowski, responsible for the Matrix films, have teamed up to adapt David Mitchell’s 2004 novel, Cloud Atlas, for the screen. Both ...

In the futuristic sections of the novel "Cloud Atlas," by author David Mitchell, there are a few clues to tell readers that those parts aren't set in our own times. There are those perfectly human ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. British novelist David Mitchell is best known as the guy who wrote the great novel ...

Against tough odds, David Mitchell’s complex novel “Cloud Atlas” is now coming to screens. Here’s a look at how the pieces of that improbable story fit together.