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The Novel That Is Exactly as Long as It Needs to Be
Piranesi is 272 pages and every one of them is necessary. Susanna Clarke's second novel is about a man named Piranesi who lives in a vast labyrinthine house full of statues and halls and tides, and who keeps meticulous journals about his world. The mystery of who he is and how he got there unfolds with extraordinary precision. I read it in one afternoon and then sat quietly for a while because the feeling it left was not like any other novel I had finished.


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Do not read anything about this before you start. Just start.
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272 Pages

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The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.


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Reading Piranesi
5 Constraint as strength
5 Perfect pacing
5 Most original
5 Perfect and complete

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Did Piranesi affect you in a way you found difficult to describe afterward?
Yes completely, I struggled to explain it to anyone
Somewhat, it was unusual and moving
Not particularly, I found it interesting but not deeply affecting
I have not read it yet