This is probably the best-known of Mitchell’s works, not least because it was made into a film starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. It’s a novel comprised of a series of nesting narratives, commencing in the colonial South Pacific, travelling through inter-war Europe, 70s California and futuristic Korea, and reaching a zenith in post-apocalyptic Hawaii, before a decrescendo back down the same path.
Oh man, I don’t know what to say about this one. I loved, could not put down, the first (according to my Kindle) 87% of it. It ticks all my geek boxes: a serious and well-written piece of literature that touches on significant world issues but also has fantastical/magical elements, mystery and enigmatic prophecies. To be honest, it’s pretty surprising to me that a non-post colonial book with this much magic in it would be longlisted for the Booker, all things considered. And as a little bonus gift for me, we first meet the main/most frequently-recurring character as a punk-loving runaway teen in the 1980s named Holly. I mean, come on! To misquote Friends, this book could have been called “Be Your Own Wind-Keeper, Holly”! Continue reading The Bone Clocks