Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
5/5
Bloomsbury Publishing 272 pages September 15, 2020
Piranesi's house is no ordinary building. Its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls lined with thousands of statues. Within it are an ocean, clouds, and tides. Piranesi lives there, cataloguing its wonders. But when messages begin to appear, he must unravel the mystery of who he is and how he came to be there.
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This book is like burrowing into a dream you never want to wake up from. Susanna Clarke built an impossible, gorgeous labyrinth with halls that are completely spellbinding to wander. Piranesi himself is so pure and earnest he's impossible not to love. It's short, strange, and utterly unforgettable. It's a one-sitting read that makes you want to start over the moment you finish. A rare, magical gem.
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