But something special must be happening here for the reviews to be so polarized. It makes me wonder, Are we all reading the same book? No of course we aren’t. One reviewer characterizes the book as a string of random scenes. The other half think it’s boring, predictable, nonsensical. Half the audible readers think the book is genius. And the reaction to it is a fascinating social study. I completely agree with the rave reviews. The book is a wonderful mashup of Plato, CS Lewis, and Borges. The beauty of the House is immeasurable its kindness infinite. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous. Lost texts must be found, secrets must be uncovered. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims? 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. 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. The spectacular new audiobook from the best-selling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, ‘one of our greatest living authors,’ New York Magazine. Shortlisted for The Costa Novel of The Year Award.Ī Sunday Times and New York Times best seller.Ĭhosen as A Book of The Year by the Times, Guardian, Observer, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, I Paper, New Statesman, Spectator, Time Magazine, Times Literary Supplement, BBC Culture, Netgalley and the Church Times. Winner of the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction. Winner of the 2021 Audie Awards Audiobook of the Year. This artist was named Piranesi and he went on to design numerous other buildings in Rome, including the palace of Pope Clement XIII.Bloomsbury presents Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, read by Chiwetel Ejiofor. In 1598, the most important architect of his time, Giacomo Bonifacio-Vignola, asked a young artist to create an imaginary gate leading through a series of rooms and galleries. The narrator is tasked with restoring them in order to decide whether or not they are fraudulent. He is given a set of etchings to illustrate, only to discover that he has been given unsigned and unfinished prints by one of his master's artists. The narrator is the young Piranesi, an apprentice in the art of etching. He has studied English literature and literary theory for over 30 years and has been involved in the audio industry for decades. Iñigo Álvarez de Lara is a narrator who has the skills and expertise to take on this task. The narrator's voice is very reminiscent of the spirit of Piranesi and their performance gives a good idea of the world that Clarke created. The story is narrated by an omniscient narrator who weaves together the protagonist's thoughts with events taking place in the outside world. He travels through the dark and eerie backstreets of Venice trying to find his wayward assistant, and meets many people along the way - some helpful, some not so much. Piranesi is a story about a man who comes to the city of Venice in order to build a monument for the doge. The narrator has a rich and deep voice that creates the perfect atmosphere for this classic novel, which tells of one man's obsession with architecture and his struggle to understand the meaning behind the intricate patterns of his designs. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is an audiobook download narrated by Íñigo Álvarez de Lara.
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