The Book of Clouds

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Still, this is a minor complaint about a book that has so much to recommend it, not least its ability to convey both actual and distorted realities at once.

Before even gifting it over to her, she decided to take a look through the pages and found it very interesting and informative herself. Through her elderly employer, Tatiana meets a German meteorologist, whom she then begins to date even though he “wasn’t my type. Can be Poetic but overwrought, flirts with magical realism but can’t pull it off, and really just cumulates into bitterness. As their three paths intersect and merge, the contours of all their worlds change, culminating in an act of violence that will leave none of them untouched.And it is there when she finally realizes that these shadows not only haunt cities and spaces but our imaginations as well. If you’re prepared to let things meander along, enjoy the elegant writing, appreciate the sharp observations and muse on the possible truths hidden in the shapes of the clouds, this would be a good read. Chloe Aridjis’ debut novel Book of Clouds is the story of a young woman named Tatiana adrift in Berlin as she encounters the many phantoms of Berlin’s past. The author, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, is not just a veteran journalist but has also been a lifelong sky watcher.

Part II describes our capability to model clouds, ranging from theoretical conceptual models to applied parameterised representations. There’s the upstairs part of her building, where nobody seems to live but from which strange noises appear.It is the secret underground bowling alley of the Nazis, or the Stasi, it makes little difference which, where the ghosts impatiently wait to reclaim the place. If you’re looking for a book that doubles as information about clouds and also uplifts you as if you were a floating on one, A Cloudy a Day is a perfect choice.