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Piranesi - susanna clarke
a brisk and incredible read that happens to have a setting that is completely at the whims of the sea, a labyrinthine, infinite collection of corridors lined with ornate statues, inside of which an ocean is imprisoned. it’s a great evolution of borgesian magical realism with beautiful prose and a hook that sunk deep into me early on, i lamented closing the final page for weeks after
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@fangface
Jan 23, 2025
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@avatheraver
I will totally check this out thank you!!
Jan 23, 2025
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@salad_valet
This book blew my whole lid open. Absolutely loved how it unfolded, made me question my own relationship to reality and journaling. Really want to read everything by Susanna Clarke.
Jan 23, 2025
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@fangface
salad_valet i’ve read part of jonathan strange and mr norrell and could not get into it at all but that was a whiiile ago so maybe it’s time to revisit, i appreciated the in universe annotations / sources immediately but it is a very demanding read
Jan 23, 2025

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