David Mitchell: Critical Essays
- ISBN-10
- 1780240023
- ISBN-13
- 9781780240022
- Series
- David Mitchell
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Gylphi Limited
- Author
- Sarah Dillon
Description
The outcome of the first international conference on David Mitchell's writing, this collection of critical essays focuses on his first three novels - 'Ghostwritten', 'number9dream' and 'Cloud Atlas' - to provide an analysis of Mitchell's complex narrative techniques and the literary, political and cultural implications of his work.
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