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Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021
Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2020
Winner of The Kitschies Red Tentacle Award
Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides which thunder up staircases, the clouds which move in slow procession through the upper halls.
On Tuesdays and Fridays, Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food and waterlilies to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone. Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims?
Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous. The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781526622433
Publisher: Bloomsbury
'Piranesi is a gorgeous, spellbinding mystery that gently unravels page by page. Precisely the sort of book that I love wordlessly handing to someone so they can have the pleasure of uncovering its secrets for themselves. This book is a treasure, washed up upon a forgotten shore, waiting to be discovered' - Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus.
'Okay, now everyone listen. No, I mean it, shut up for a second. We need to talk about Piranesi. I don't... I really do not know how to talk about this book beyond a very high pitched scream and an emphatic grabbing of your knee.' - Tor.com