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Staff Pick of the Week: “Piranesi” by Susanna Clarke

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Genre: Fantasy Fiction, Literary Fiction
Read-Alikes:
Or What You Will by Jo Walton
Slade House by David Mitchell
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern



“Piranesi  is the sole inhabitant of a mysterious house with endless rooms full of statues and a surging ocean below. With lyrical and hypnotic writing in his journal, he guides readers through his beloved labyrinthine home and introduces The Other, a sporadic visitor and the only other living human being…or so he thought. For fans of The Starless Sea and The Bedlam Stacks. -LibraryReads, September 2020

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