Books Details
Author : Susanna Clarke Pages : 249 pages Publisher : Language : ISBN-10 : 50202953-
piranesi ISBN-13 : 9781635575637
Books Descriptions
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
