Piranesi

Winner of the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction, a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, the stunning new novel by the bestselling author of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, “one of our greatest living authors.” New York Magazine ____ Piranesi lives in the house. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he records vividly and precisely its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that swell the staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. Piranesi sees his friend, the Other, on Tuesdays and Fridays. At other times, he brings gifts of food to the dead. But mostly he is alone. Letters begin to appear, scratched in chalk on the sidewalks. There is someone new in the house. But who are they and what do they want? Are they friends or do they bring destruction and madness, as the Other claims? The lost texts must be found; secrets must be revealed. The world Piranesi thought he knew has become strange and dangerous. The beauty of the house is immeasurable; And his kindness is infinite. ____ "What a world Susanna Clarke conjures up... Piranesi is a marvelous puzzle box." David Mitchell "Turns expectations upside down... completely otherworldly." The Guardian "Piranese blew my mind. It is a luminous, piercing feat of storytelling." Madeleine Miller "Brilliantly unique." The Sunday Times "A brilliant, enchanting mystery... this book is a treasure, washed up on a forgotten shore, waiting to be discovered." Erin Morgenstern "Head-spinning... fully imagined and richly evoked." The Telegraph