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 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.
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Piranesi
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 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.
Popular Reviews(20)
Reviewed by Chantal RoederInteresting, fascinating world-building. Mysterious. Fantastic. Unlike anything I've read before.
Reviewed by EeebzBit slow, I enjoyed tho. Thought provoking.
Reviewed by DaisyWieso lässt mich diese Geschichte mit so einer unendlichen Traurigkeit zurück? Ich wurde mit Traurigkeit und einem Gefühl von Sehnsucht zurückgelassen… Sehnsucht nach „dem Haus“… aber vor allem eine wahnsinnige Sehnsucht nach der Person, die Piranesi war…
Reviewed by MayThe journal writing style, the worldbuilding everything is just KDJSODNDMA Now THIS is a book to get lost in
Reviewed by JulesDont know what I expected but ecpectations were succeeded. Loved the way this story was told and how it all unfolded for Piranesi.