The Beauty of the House is immeasurable its Kindness infinite. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims?Lost texts must be found secrets must be uncovered. But mostly, he is alone.Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. Perhaps he always has.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 that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021WINNER OF THE KITSCHIES' 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARDA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, FINANCIAL TIMES, i PAPER, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, TIME MAGAZINE, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, BBC CULTURE, NETGALLEY AND THE CHURCH TIMESThe spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL, 'one of our greatest living authors' New York MagazinePiranesi lives in the House. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Hardback. The long-awaited return from the author of the multi-million copy bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell The language of the book is such a pleasure you'd probably want to go and read it anyway (LAUREN LAVERNE, BBC 6 MUSIC)īest novel I've ever read (RICHARD MADELEY) Book Description: a highly original and compelling work ( SUNDAY TIMES)Īn elegant and witty historical fantasy which deserves to be judged on its own (considerable) merit ( SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)įull of spells, bad weather, statues that talk, haunted ballrooms and sinister gentlemen with thistledown hair. This is, in both the precise and the colloquial sense, a fabulous book. Closing Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell after 800 pages my only regret was that it wasn't twice the length (NEIL GAIMAN) It's funny, moving, scary, otherworldly, practical and magical. PRAISE FOR JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL: Unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last seventy years.
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