Piranesi by Susanna Clarke handicrafts threaded through with disaster

threaded through with disaster

A story of growing up

” Tim Lusher - The Guardian

A practical

But the threat of discovery is constant

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke handicrafts threaded through with disasterA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE KITSCHIES RED TENTACLE AWARD Piranesi lives in the House. 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. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the