Piranesi

The Resource Piranesi

Label

Piranesi

Statement of responsibility

Susanna Clarke

Language

eng

Summary

"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 an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house. 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. But 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. For 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"--

Award

ALA Notable Book, 2021.
LibraryReads Favorites, 2020.
Loan Stars Favourites, 2020.
Women's Prize for Fiction, 2021.

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Dewey number

823/.92

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 16-17
Grades 11-12

LC call number

PR6103.L375

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult

Context

Context of Piranesi

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