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Description
The Beautiful Orderliness of the House is what gives us Life.
Piranesi has always lived in the House; or, for as long as he can remember.
Day after day, Piranesi records in his notebooks with precision and carefulness the House's endless halls, their great and strange statues, the ebb and flow of the tides within its walls. He speaks to the birds; and brings tributes of food and waterlilies to the House's Dead. Once in a while, he sees his friend the Other. But mostly, he is alone.
Then messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk and spelled out in pebbles. A new person has come to the House, and there is something they are trying to tell Piranesi.
But another story is unfolding, within the pages of Piranesi's own journal. A story written in his own hand, that he cannot remember writing; a story of a group of strangers, in an unfamiliar world.
The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.
Product details
| Published | 15 Sep 2020 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781526622426 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 216 x 153 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Reminds us of fiction's power to take us to another world and expand our understanding of this one
Guardian, Autumn highlights
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I could have lived in the first hundred pages of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke forever. It's a dream of a novel
Anthony Doerr, Observer, Books of the Year
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Clarke's fantastical parable of solitude, imagination, ambition and contentment is a spectacular piece of fiction, and the perfect reading accompaniment to a year like no other
Guardian, Best Fiction of 2020
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A startling novel of austere magical realism … Clarke affirmed herself as one of Britain's most singular novelists
Daily Telegraph, Best Novels of 2020
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Like Hilary Mantel, Clarke made the very notion of genre seem quaint ... Piranesi is a tenebrous study in solitude … A remarkable feat, not just of craft but of reinvention
Guardian
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Like a thriller … Compelling … A fever dream - disorientating, engrossing, persistently strange … It burrows into the subconscious, throwing out puzzles long after the final page … Brilliantly singular
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