So, I hypothesize that they had a palaver about their shared experiences and that “brought” the first victim back to the particular feeling of isolation and led them to relive their mental break. The Narrator says they take the other victim back to the labyrinth, but you never see it (at least, I cannot remember that happening). That victim feels so grateful to have someone who had experienced the same situation as they did. ![]() Sure, in the book it’s an alternate universe, and that may be true, but unless Susanna Clarke tells me otherwise, I’m sticking with my theory! The reason I hypothesize this is because, along with the statues, The Narrator goes to see another victim of The Other. For readers of Neil Gaimans The Ocean at the End of the Lane and fans of Madeline Millers Circe, Piranesi introduces an astonishing new world, an infinite labyrinth, full of startling images and surreal beauty, haunted by the tides and the clouds. This may seem silly, but to me, The Narrator actually had a mental break from reality. The Narrator mentions a certain human walking along the road that reminds them of a statue of a King, and that they took the best part of them and projected them upon the statues. Maria Montgomery I think the last line gives us the primary lesson from the novel: the whole world is like the House and we are all beloved children of the earth. ISBN-13: 9781635575637 Summary From the bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. If a writer can have signature traits after publishing two novels, most of Clarke’s are here: Her sense of. Piranesi Susanna Clarke, 2020 Bloomberg USA 272 pp. To me, it seems like the statues are all people they’ve met in life. Piranesi and Jonathan Strange have more similarities, in the end, than meets the eye. The House is valuable because it is the House. ![]() When The Narrator finally makes it back to their real world, they’re struck by the similarities of the people that they walk by and how they remind them of the statues they saw spread throughout the labyrinth. The sight of the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in the Moonlight made me see how ridiculous that is. You’re back? Good! So, about the statues and the ending. The novel is called Piranesi, it was written by Susanna Clarke, and this summer it almost destroyed my mind (with help from everything else going on in the world, of course).
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