Piranesi

Bloomsbury presents Piranesi by Susanna Clarke read by Chiwetel Ejiofor. WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021 WINNER OF THE KITSCHIES' 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER CHOSEN 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 TIMES The spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of JONATHAN STRANGE & 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 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 Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly he is alone. Messages begin to appear scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. 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. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous. The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite. ***** 'What a world Susanna Clarke conjures into being … Piranesi is an exquisite puzzle-box' DAVID MITCHELL ‘It subverts expectations throughout … Utterly otherworldly’ Guardian 'Piranesi astonished me. It is a miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling' MADELINE MILLER ‘Brilliantly singular’ Sunday Times 'A gorgeous spellbinding mystery … This book is a treasure washed up upon a forgotten shore waiting to be discovered' ERIN MORGENSTERN ‘Head-spinning … Fully imagined and richly evoked’ Telegraph