Piranesi. Clark S.

Sixteen years ago, Suzanne Clark released Jonathan Strende and Mr. Norrell " - a book that has been dispersed around the world with a circulation of more than 4 million copies and recognized by the legendary masterpiece:" So the novel "Master and Margarita" could look if it was written by Dickens " (A. Genis); “The best literary fairy tale in English over the past seventy years” (N. Gaiman). And finally we waited for the second novel by Clark. “This is an event of paramount importance in the world of literature” (Daily Telegraph). For a person whom we know as Piranesi, a house with a capital letter is a whole world. “From the beginning of the world, fifteen people certainly existed in it,” and Piranesi is the fifteenth. He explores endless halls, decorated with majestic statues, and draws up a schedule of tides overwhelming the lower floors. Clouds swim on the upper floors and birds fly, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays Piranesi meets another. “The beauty of the house is unspeakable,” writes Piranesi in his diary. “His kindness is infinite.” But one day he discovers a person of a person number sixteen...