Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
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Rating: ★★★★☆
This was the first book I read by Susanna Clarke. I heard about it at a friend’s birthday party, after someone gifted this book to the birthday person. After seeing how gorgeous the cover was, and hearing a little bit about the story, I decided to buy it!
Piranesi did not disappoint. The book falls into the speculative fiction genre, which is a genre I have read more often in the past years. It is sort of within the same category as magical realism, where reality and magic blend together in a subtle way.
At the beginning of the book, I was not yet very convinced, but I think that happens every time I start a book nowadays. As I read more and more, it became more and more interesting to follow Piranesi’s story in the place where he lived, a place he calls “The House”, where you can find many statues, as well as unexpected events, such as tides, waves, parts of the ocean.
I think the book was quite well written, and the story becomes more and more engaging as time goes on. In addition, I think there were quite a lot of questions about one’s identity and what makes one’s identity. Either way, I will not say anything else, since that’d be a spoiler! I do recommend it.
- 📕 Title Piranesi
- ✍️ Author
- 📄 Pages 272
- 📚 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
- 🪪 ISBN 9781526622440