David Mitchell is one of the most critically acclaimed authors in contemporary global writing. Novels such as <i>Ghostwritten</i>, <i>Cloud Atlas</i> and <i>The Bone Clocks</i> demonstrate the author¿s dazzling literary technique in an oeuvre that crosses genres, genders and borders, moving effortlessly through time and space. <i>David Mitchell: Contemporary Critical Perspectives</i> brings together leading scholars of contemporary fiction to guide readers through the full range of the author''s writings, including discussions of all of his novels to-date plus his shorter fictions, essays and libretti. As well as offering extended coverage of Mitchell¿s most popular work, <i>Cloud Atlas</i>, the authors explore Mitchell¿s genre-hopping techniques, world-making aesthetics, and engagements with key contemporary issues such as globalization, empire, the environment, disability, trauma and technology. In addition, this book includes an expansive interview with David Mitchell as well as a g