The Body In The Clouds: A Novel

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Synopsis

“Exquisite…a rich, meditative novel that explores the connectivity of people living in the same geographical space across the distance of time.” —New York Times Book Review

From the acclaimed author of the “exquisitely written and deeply felt” (Geraldine Brooks, author of The Secret Chord) novel The Railwayman’s Wife comes a magical and gorgeously wrought tale of an astonishing event that connects three people across three hundred years.

Imagine you looked up at just the right moment and saw something completely unexpected. What if it was something so marvelous that it transformed time and space forever?

The Body in the Clouds tells the story of one such extraordinary moment—a man falling from the sky, and surviving—and of the three men who see it, in different ways and at different times, as they stand on the same piece of land. An astronomer in the 1700s, a bridge worker in the 1930s, and an expatriate banker returning home in the early twenty-first century: all three are transformed by this one magical event. And all three are struggling to understand what the meaning of “home” is, and how to recognize it once you’re there.

Widely praised for her “poetic gifts” (Booklist) and “graceful, supremely honest, [and] thought-provoking” (Kirkus Reviews) prose, Ashley Hay has crafted a luminous and unforgettable novel about the power of story, its ability to define the world around us, and the questions that transcend time.

Chapters

  • TheBodyInTheClouds 001

    Duration: 10s
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 002

    Duration: 06min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 003

    Duration: 19min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 004

    Duration: 20min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 005

    Duration: 35min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 006

    Duration: 30min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 007

    Duration: 20min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 008

    Duration: 13min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 009

    Duration: 18min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 010

    Duration: 23min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 011

    Duration: 16min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 012

    Duration: 25min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 013

    Duration: 20min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 014

    Duration: 32min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 015

    Duration: 28min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 016

    Duration: 13min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 017

    Duration: 21min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 018

    Duration: 21min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 019

    Duration: 20min
  • TheBodyInTheClouds 020

    Duration: 33min
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