Ghostwritten

Name: Ghostwritten
Author: David Mitchell

1999 novel by David Mitchell

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Author: David Mitchell
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-04-22
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Released: August 19, 1999
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Language: English
Genre: science fiction
Followed by: Number9dream
Awards: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize(1999)

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Ghostwritten is the first novel published by English author David Mitchell. Published in 1999, it won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was widely acclaimed. The story takes place mainly around East Asia, but also moves through Russia, Britain, the US and Ireland. It is written episodically; each chapter details a different story and central character, although they are all interlinked through seemingly coincidental events. Many of the themes from Ghostwritten continue in Mitchell's subsequent novels, number9dream and Cloud Atlas, and a character later appears in The Bone Clocks.

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Country of origin: United Kingdom
Title: Ghostwritten
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-04-02
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Has version, edition or translation: Ghostwritten
Ghostwritten released: October 9, 2001 · publisher: Vintage Books · distribution format: paperback
Narrative location: Tokyo
Form of creative work: novel
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2026-03-06
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Has characteristic: debut novel

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