Review: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Unlike Susanna Clarke’s previous novel, Piranesi is quite compact but I would’ve read it anyway however long she made it.
Reading this book is like being gently taken by the hand and sauntering through fields of endless beauty and imagination. Each character is distinct and convincing. The house and the statues are buzzing with intriguing symbolism. I felt like a child - curious and untethered, as I marvelled through Piranesi’s thoughtful and unblemished eyes.
“The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end.”
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If Clarke’s writing is a pool, I would gladly drown in it.
Reading this book is like being gently taken by the hand and sauntering through fields of endless beauty and imagination. Each character is distinct and convincing. The house and the statues are buzzing with intriguing symbolism. I felt like a child - curious and untethered, as I marvelled through Piranesi’s thoughtful and unblemished eyes.
“The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end.”
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If Clarke’s writing is a pool, I would gladly drown in it.
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