![]() ![]() ![]() The Beauty of the House is immeasurable its Kindness infinite. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous. Lost texts must be found secrets must be uncovered. ![]() But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims? Piranesi: WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021: Susanna Clarke: Bloomsbury Publishing Home FICTION Fantasy, Mythology & Sci-Fi Piranesi Share Piranesi WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021 Susanna Clarke (Author) Paperback 550.00 Hardback 699.00 Ebook (Epub & Mobi) 440.00 Ebook (PDF) 440.00 440. In summary, I found this novel engaging and easy to read, but certainly more lightweight and not as convincing a portrayal of magic as Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. The controversial occultist and cult-leader Laurence Arne-Sayles reminded me very much of the Victorian magician Aleister Crowley. At other times he brings tributes of food and waterlilies to the Dead. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. 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. ![]() Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2020 Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 Susanna Clarke wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction award 2021 for her book Piranesi at Bedford Square Garden, London. ![]()
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