A postmodern visionary who is also a master of styles of genres, David Mitchell combines flat-out adventure, a Nabokovian lore of puzzles, a keen eye for character, and a taste for...
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Number of Pages: 509
ISBN: 0375507256
ISBN-13: 9780375507250
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Bill Gates @BillGates
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May 18, 2020
- Curated in My 2020 Summer Book Recommendations
This is the kind of novel you’ll think and talk about for a long time after you finish it. The plot is a bit hard to explain, because it involves six inter-related stories that take place centuries apart (including one I particularly loved about a young American doctor on a sailing ship in the South Pacific in the mid-1800s). But if you’re in the mood for a really compelling tale about the best and worst of humanity, I think you’ll find yourself as engrossed in it as I was.
Jim OShaughnessy @JimOShaughnessy
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Oct 3, 2018
- Curated in Books that profoundly influenced me
Emma @Emma
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Mar 27, 2022