A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK (BOOKER PRIZE GEMS)Shortlisted for the Booker PrizeWinner of the South Bank Show Award for Literature Winner of the Richard & Judy Book of the YearShortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Arthur C. Clarke Award and Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia Region)Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies . . . Six interlocking lives - one amazing adventure. In a narrative that circles the globe and reaches from the 19th century to a post-apocalyptic future, Cloud Atlas erases the boundaries of time, genre and language to offer an enthralling vision of humanity's will to power, and where it will lead us. *Please note that the end of p39 and p40 are intentionally blank*; 544 pages, none; Published: 21/02/2005