{"product_id":"piranesi-pb","title":"Piranesi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning\u003ci\u003e, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling fantasy sensation that Madeline Miller called, \"a miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling,\" \u003ci\u003ePiranesi \u003c\/i\u003eis an intoxicating, hypnotic novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality from the author of \u003ci\u003eJonathan Strange \u0026amp; Mr Norrell.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Almost impossible to put down... lavishly descriptive, charming, heartbreaking and imbued with a magic that will be familiar to Clarke's devoted readers, \u003ci\u003ePiranesi \u003c\/i\u003ewill satisfy lovers of \u003ci\u003eJonathan Strange\u003c\/i\u003e and win her many new fans.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eBookpage, starred review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePiranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls lined with thousands upon thousands of statues. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; and waves thunder up staircases, while rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is one other person in the house-a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusanna Clarke\u003c\/strong\u003e's debut novel \u003ci\u003eJonathan Strange \u0026amp; Mr Norrell\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in more than 34 countries and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eFirst Book Award. It won British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award in 2005. \u003ci\u003eThe Ladies of Grace Adieu\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories, some set in the world of Jonathan Strange \u0026amp; Mr Norrell, was published by Bloomsbury in 2006. Piranesi was a \u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award, the RSL Encore Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction. Susanna Clarke lives in Derbyshire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Susanna Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46711554310429,"sku":"9781635577808","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781635577808.jpg?v=1706373095","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/piranesi-pb","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}