There is one other person in the house-a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge.īut as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known.įor readers of Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane and fans of Madeline Miller's Circe, Piranesi introduces an astonishing new world, an infinite labyrinth, full of startling images and surreal beauty, haunted by the tides and the clouds. Susanna Clarke 44-page comprehensive Study Guide Chapter-by-chapter summaries and multiple sections of expert analysis Featured in our The Best of Best Book. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant.īut Piranesi is not afraid he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. The instant New York Times bestselling novel from the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic book set in a dreamlike. This splintering of identity occurred because of his imprisonment in a labyrinth which caused memory loss. The narrator has three names and identities: The Beloved Child of the House, Piranesi, and Matthew Rose Sorensen. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Set in a dreamlike alternative reality, Piranesi is a stunning metaphysical fantasy, an intricate labyrinth of epic proportions that will haunt you long after the final pages. Piranesi is written in a series of first-person, dated journal entries. Product Details Price 17.00 15. From the bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. For readers of Neil Gaimans The Ocean at the End of the Lane and fans of Madeline Millers Circe, Piranesi introduces an astonishing new world, an infinite labyrinth, full of startling images and surreal beauty, haunted by the tides and the clouds.
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