Piranesi

by Susanna Clarke

Book Overview

New York Times Bestseller

From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality.

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. Within the labyrinth of halls...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163557563X
• ISBN13: 9781635575637
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Hype machine

The BookTokers and people who have read little to no good fantasy will hate you if you don’t fall into their hype machine. This is like if Colleen Hoover wrote a fantasy. They will swear it’s the best they have ever read. Try some Gaiman, Tom Robbins, Tim Powers and Matt Ruff. Hard to finish this drivel of pretentious teeny booper slog.

give yourself some time for this

delightful and captivating. it was hard to put down so many 'oh geez what does this mean for them now?' moments. book quality great

Confused At First But...

This read was very strange and confusing for me at first; I went into this reading experience with a very, very brief summary of what this book was about. It may seem slow-paced in the beginning, but once it starts to pick up you won't be able to put it down. This book was so different and I loved the first-person narration that made the story feel more personal. The plot twist too, the beginning all the way to the ending was a well-thought-out story and the execution of the story was borderline perfection.

Unique, beautiful

No words. Absolutely beautiful.

Very good

I loved this book. It felt like one of those strange, fully built dreamworlds you don't want to wake up from.