A vapour of existence: David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas by Lai, Zaneta Zhi Yan

“…Hence, this essay will examine narrative intricacies when clean cut lines of fragmentation are blurred and weaved into a universal intertextual narrative. This essay will also explore the concept of time in two ways: Firstly, it will explore time in the narratological sense/beauty of Mitchel’s work of intertextuality over the novel’s eleven chapters that each have its own protagonists and minor characters – who are their own protagonists in their own chapters, and their respective implications in the timeline. …”
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