Piranesi

by Susanna Clarke

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Pub Date 15 Sep 2020 | Archive Date 25 Dec 2020

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (UK & ANZ)

General Fiction (Adult) | Sci Fi & Fantasy

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Description

The long-awaited return from the author of the multi-million copy bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has?

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell transported over four million readers into its mysterious world. It became an instant classic and has been hailed as one of the finest works of fiction of the twenty-first century.

Fifteen years later, it is finally time to enter the House and meet Piranesi.

May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty.

The long-awaited return from the author of the multi-million copy bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has?

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell...

Advance Praise

'Fifteen years on from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Clarke’s second novel finally sees the light' Sunday Times, What to watch out for next year 2020

'Susannah Clarke’s monumental masterwork Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was one of the finest works of speculative fiction of the twenty-first century and now, with Piranesi, she once more mines a darkly fantastical vision with a tale of a very singular house and its mysterious inhabitants. Saturated in gothic atmosphere and supernatural lore, Piranesi is simply unmissable' Waterstones.com

'It’s 16 years since Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – now Clarke is back with a new otherworldly fantasy' Guardian, 2020 in books: a literary calendar

'Sixteen long years have passed since the publication of the magnificent Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Susanna Clarke returns at last in September with Piranesi … The eerie tale of a man who lives in a flooded house' Daily Express

PRAISE FOR JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL:

'Unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last seventy years. It’s funny, moving, scary, otherworldly, practical and magical ... Closing Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell after 800 pages my only regret was that it wasn’t twice the length' Neil Gaiman

'This is, in both the precise and the colloquial sense, a fabulous book ... a highly original and compelling work' Sunday Times

'Fifteen years on from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Clarke’s second novel finally sees the light' Sunday Times, What to watch out for next year 2020

'Susannah Clarke’s monumental masterwork Jonathan...