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- Content warnings: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Drowning, Manipulation, Gaslighting, Claustrophobia / confined spaces, Death
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
A short, luminous puzzle box of a novel from the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Clarke builds an impossible world - infinite halls, marble statues, imprisoned oceans - and fills it with a narrator so purely good-hearted that his kindness becomes the story's engine. Won the Women's Prize for Fiction.
goodreads 4.21/5 471,356 ratings
storykind_community 3.83/5 6 ratings
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Length272 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice0/5
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- None
- Cathartic release
- Book hangover
- Intellectual satisfaction
- Perspective shift
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy
- Other
- Portal fantasy
- Humans only
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Atmospheric
- Lyrical
- Moderate
- Mysterious
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- Magical
- Introspective
- Whimsical
- Bittersweet
- Thoughtful
- Dreamy
- Haunting
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 272 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book