Cloud Atlas

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Cloud Atlas: References & Edit History

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discussed in biography
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English literature
- In English literature: The 21st century

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David James

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: International Journal of English Research - Mapping the narrative web: Exploring utterance, metamodernism and intertextuality in David Mitchells Cloud Atlas.	Grace Young	Nov 29, 2024
	Add new Web site: The Guardian - Cloud Atlas at 20: What makes a novel tattoo-worthy?	Gloria Lotha	Oct 04, 2024
	Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "Cloud Atlas".	Grace Young	Jun 14, 2024
	New article added.	Gregory Lewis McNamee David James	Feb 21, 2024