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The Bone Clocks is a novel by British author David Mitchell. It was published in 2014 by Random House. The novel follows the life of Holly Sykes, a woman from Kent, England, from the 1980s to the 2020s. The novel is divided into six sections, each narrated by a different character. The sections are interlinked by recurring themes and characters.

The novel was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year.

Early Life

David Mitchell was born in Southport, England, in 1969. He grew up in Malvern, Worcestershire, and attended Hanley Castle High School. He studied English literature at the University of Kent and then worked as an English teacher in Japan.

Career

Mitchell’s first novel, Ghostwritten, was published in 1999. It was followed by number9dream in 2001 and Cloud Atlas in 2004. His fourth novel, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, was published in 2010. The Bone Clocks was published in 2014.

Mitchell’s novels are known for their complex structure and use of multiple narrators. His work has been compared to that of authors such as Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf, and James Joyce.

The Bone Clocks follows the life of Holly Sykes, a woman from Kent, England. The novel is divided into six sections, each narrated by a different character. The sections are interlinked by recurring themes and characters.

The novel was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year.

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1Longtime companion of co-director Danièle Huillet.

Movies

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
L'aquarium et la nation2015Short
In omaggio all'arte italiana!2015Short
La guerre d'Algérie!2014Short
Kommunisten2014
À propos de Venise2014Short
Dialogue of Shadows2013Short
Venice 70: Future Reloaded2013Documentary
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne2013Short
La madre2012/IIShort
L'inconsolable2011Short
Schakale und Araber2011Short
Un héritier2011Short
O somma luce2010Short
Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière2009Documentary short uncredited
Corneille-Brecht ou Rome l'unique objet de mon ressentiment2009Short
Le streghe, femmes entre elles2009Short
Itinéraire de Jean Bricard2008Documentary short
Le genou d'Artémide2008Short
Europa 2005 - 27 octobre2006TV Short uncredited
Quei loro incontri2006
Une visite au Louvre2004Documentary
Incantati2003Short
Il ritorno del figlio prodigo2003Short
Umiliati2003Short
Il viandante2001Short
L'arrotino2001Short
Operai, contadini2001
Sicilia!1999
From Today Until Tomorrow1997
Lothringen!1994Short
Die Antigone des Sophokles nach der Hölderlinschen Übertragung für die Bühne bearbeitet von Brecht 1948 (Suhrkamp Verlag)1992
Schwarze Sünde1990Short
Cézanne - Dialogue avec Joachim Gasquet (Les éditions Bernheim-Jeune)1990Documentary
Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt1987
Proposta in quattro parti1985TV Movie documentary
Klassenverhältnisse1984
En rachâchant1982Short
Trop tôt/Trop tard1982Documentary
From the Clouds to the Resistance1979
Toute révolution est un coup de dés1977Short as J.-M. S.
Fortini/Cani1976Documentary
Moses und Aron1975
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg's Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene1973Documentary short
Geschichtsunterricht1972
Les yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer, ou Peut-être qu'un jour Rome se permettra de choisir à son tour1970
Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter1968Short
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach1968
Not Reconciled1965
Machorka-Muff1963Short

Editor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
La madre2012/IIShort
Les avatars de la mort d'Empédocle2010Documentary
O somma luce2010Short
Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière2009Documentary short
Le streghe, femmes entre elles2009Short
Quei loro incontri2006
Une visite au Louvre2004Documentary
Il ritorno del figlio prodigo2003Short
Umiliati2003Short
Il viandante2001Short
L'arrotino2001Short
Operai, contadini2001
Sicilia!1999
Lothringen!1994Short
Schwarze Sünde1990Short
Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt1987
Proposta in quattro parti1985TV Movie documentary
Klassenverhältnisse1984
Trop tôt/Trop tard1982Documentary
From the Clouds to the Resistance1979
Toute révolution est un coup de dés1977Short
Fortini/Cani1976Documentary
Moses und Aron1975
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg's Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene1973Documentary short uncredited
Geschichtsunterricht1972
Les yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer, ou Peut-être qu'un jour Rome se permettra de choisir à son tour1970
Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter1968Short uncredited
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach1968
Not Reconciled1965
Machorka-Muff1963Short

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Corneille-Brecht ou Rome l'unique objet de mon ressentiment2009Short producer
Quei loro incontri2006producer
Une visite au Louvre2004Documentary producer
Il ritorno del figlio prodigo2003Short producer
Umiliati2003Short producer
Operai, contadini2001producer
Sicilia!1999producer
Lothringen!1994Short producer - as Straub
Die Antigone des Sophokles nach der Hölderlinschen Übertragung für die Bühne bearbeitet von Brecht 1948 (Suhrkamp Verlag)1992producer
Schwarze Sünde1990Short producer
En rachâchant1982Short producer
Trop tôt/Trop tard1982Documentary producer
From the Clouds to the Resistance1979producer
Toute révolution est un coup de dés1977Short producer
Fortini/Cani1976Documentary producer
Moses und Aron1975producer
Geschichtsunterricht1972producer
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach1968producer
Not Reconciled1965producer

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
La guerre d'Algérie!2014Short adaptation - uncredited
Dialogue of Shadows2013Short adaptation - uncredited
Un héritier2011Short adaptation - uncredited
Il ritorno del figlio prodigo2003Short adaptation - uncredited
Umiliati2003Short adaptation - uncredited
Operai, contadini2001adaptation - uncredited
Sicilia!1999adaptation - uncredited
Lothringen!1994Short adaptation - uncredited
Schwarze Sünde1990Short adaptation
Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt1987adaptation
Klassenverhältnisse1984adaptation - uncredited
From the Clouds to the Resistance1979adaptation - uncredited
Geschichtsunterricht1972adaptation - uncredited
Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter1968Short adaptation & translation - uncredited
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach1968written by - uncredited
Not Reconciled1965adaptation - uncredited
Machorka-Muff1963Short adaptation

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Kommunisten2014segment: "Le temps du mépris" voice
Schakale und Araber2011Short voice, as Jubarite Semaran
Un héritier2011Short as Jubarite Semaran
Je ne suis pas morte2008Clochard-poëte
Lothringen!1994ShortNarrator (German version, voice, uncredited)
Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland1992
Tausend Augen1984Meeresbiologe
Obrigkeitsfilm1971
Les yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer, ou Peut-être qu'un jour Rome se permettra de choisir à son tour1970Lucus (as Jubarite Semaran)

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Les yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer, ou Peut-être qu'un jour Rome se permettra de choisir à son tour1970subtitles: German version - uncredited
Liebe ist kälter als der Tod1969film provided by
Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter1968Short stage director - uncredited

Cinematographer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Le genou d'Artémide2008Short
Not Reconciled1965

Assistant Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Le coup du berger1956Short assistant director

Production Designer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
From Today Until Tomorrow1997as J-M.S

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Le bassin de J.W.1997dedicatee
Liebe ist kälter als der Tod1969dedicatee

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Dell'avventura 1/22011DocumentaryHimself
Les avatars de la mort d'Empédocle2010DocumentaryHimself
Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière2009Documentary shortNarrator (voice, uncredited)
Morceaux de conversations avec Jean-Luc Godard2007DocumentaryHimself
Deutsche Lebensläufe2007TV Series documentaryHimself
Une visite au Louvre2004DocumentaryJoachim Gasquet (voice, uncredited)
6 Bagatelas2001Video short documentaryCinéastes
+ de cinéma2001TV Series documentary shortHimself
Où gît votre sourire enfoui?2001DocumentaryHimself
Cinéma, de notre temps2001TV Series documentaryHimself
Sicilia! Si gira2001DocumentaryHimself
Die Musik seid ihr, Freunde! - Danièle Huillet und Jean-Marie Straub bei der Arbeit an ihrem Film Sicilia!1999ShortHimself
Le cercle de minuit1992-1997TV SeriesHimself
Cézanne - Dialogue avec Joachim Gasquet (Les éditions Bernheim-Jeune)1990DocumentaryJoachim Gasquet (voice, uncredited)
Étoiles et toiles1985TV Series documentaryHimself
Wie will ich lustig lachen1984Documentary shortHimself
Cinématon1984DocumentaryParticipant
Jean-Marie Straub und Danièle Huillet bei der Arbeit an einem Film1983Documentary shortHimself
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg's Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene1973Documentary short
Signalement van Jean Marie Straub1967TV Movie documentaryHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Verteidigung der Zeit2007TV Short documentaryHimself
Où sont passées les grandes gueules? 30 ans de débats à la télévision2006TV Movie documentaryHimself

Awards

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2006Special Lion for the Overall WorkVenice Film Festival
1999Critics AwardSão Paulo International Film FestivalSicilia! (1999)
1997Hessian Film AwardHessian Film AwardFeature Film (Spielfilm)Von heute auf morgen (1997)
1985Special Prize of the JuryIstanbul International Film FestivalKlassenverhältnisse (1984)
1984Honorable MentionBerlin International Film FestivalKlassenverhältnisse (1984)
1973German Film Critics AwardGerman Film Critics Association AwardsBest Short Film (Bester Kurzfilm)Einleitung zu Arnold Schoenbergs Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene (1973)
1968Sutherland TrophyBritish Film Institute AwardsChronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2006Golden LionVenice Film FestivalQuei loro incontri (2006)
1987Golden Berlin BearBerlin International Film FestivalDer Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt (1987)
1984Golden Berlin BearBerlin International Film FestivalKlassenverhältnisse (1984)
1968Golden Berlin BearBerlin International Film FestivalChronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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