".a lyrical, thrilling, tragic and funny read that portrays Alaska with the authority of a local."- Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Callanan wears the burdens of historical fiction with ease." -New York Times Book Review "equal parts history, memory and vision quest. If The Cloud Atlas is any indication, Callanan will have little trouble finding his way."- Creative Loafing (Charlotte, NC)
This heavenly debut means he must also bear the heaviest of literary labels: that of a promising young writer with, yes, enormous potential. ".the novel proffers a disarming bouquet of story lines that, like brightly colored wires leading to an explosive charge, reveal an ominous threat while hiding their maker's logic until it's too late." -Baltimore City Paper ".Callanan has produced a genuine page-turner."- Rocky Mountain News It's over almost before you and catch your breath and think, Damn.hat stays with you is the great arc of a small man's life on the edge of the world, and of sympathy that resonates."- Time Out New York " natural reticence takes us through the book's most beautiful moment-a casually executed, heart-stopping act of compassion. "A thought-provoking success."- Detroit Free Press " Beautifully written and astonishingly well researched."- San Jose Mercury News "Atmospheric and elegiac"- The Cleveland Plain Dealer Chasing after the ghostly, floating weapons, Louis embarks upon an adventure that will lead him into the vast tundra, to a discovery and a choice that will change the course of his life. In 1944-45, Louis Belk was a soldier, not a missionary, dispatched to find and dispose of these improbable weapons- Fu-Go weapons, or balloon bombs-and then keep them secret from an already anxious public.īut the mysteries confronting Louis only increase when he meets his superior officer-a brutal veteran OSS spy hunter who knows all too well what the balloons can do-and a woman who claims she can see the future.
Set in past and present Alaska, The Cloud Atlas is narrated by a missionary who spent World War II chasing down one of that war’s strangest weapons-firebombs that silently crossed the Pacific, tethered to balloons. (First things first: are you actually looking, as most are, for David Mitchell’s novel Cloud Atlas, or the related movie ? Or Donald Platt’s poetry collection ? Or perhaps an actual cloud atlas? If not, read on.)
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