Piranesi

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke was the 145th official Sword and Laser Book Club selection.

Reading Period: June 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021

How/Why was this book chosen: Veronica Chose it as her first book back from Maternity Leave.

Sword and Laser Goodreads Group Discussion of Piranesi

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, 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.

There 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.