"I regard 'Cloud Atlas' as a taxonomy of oppression. In the six different short novels that make 'Cloud Atlas', individuals oppress individuals, groups oppress groups, corporations oppress employees, ethnic races oppress ethnic races, etc. etc.
I believe there’s no real division between political and personal. It is an illusion to think that politics is something that merely exists on the news, on TV, in the newspapers and in our political classes. Politics not only dictates if you can have a long safe life, it dictates if you get a job, it dictates who you can marry, it dictates how much money you have.
So although I don’t regard myself as an explicitly political writer, I think the fact is: if you write about the world with integrity you cannot stop politics entering your book. And the question is merely: do you do it directly or indirectly, by the front door or the back door. Mostly I’m the back door."
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'CLOUD ATLAS'
"I regard 'Cloud Atlas' as a taxonomy of oppression. In the six different short novels that make 'Cloud Atlas', individuals oppress individuals, groups oppress groups, corporations oppress employees, ethnic races oppress ethnic races, etc. etc.
I believe there’s no real division between political and personal. It is an illusion to think that politics is something that merely exists on the news, on TV, in the newspapers and in our political classes. Politics not only dictates if you can have a long safe life, it dictates if you get a job, it dictates who you can marry, it dictates how much money you have.
So although I don’t regard myself as an explicitly political writer, I think the fact is: if you write about the world with integrity you cannot stop politics entering your book. And the question is merely: do you do it directly or indirectly, by the front door or the back door. Mostly I’m the back door."
David Mitchell
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