Piranesi

Lainya

di Susanna Clarke

eBook, 300 pagine

lingua Italian

Pubblicato da Fazi Editore.

ISBN:: 979-12-5967-002-1

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(15 recensioni)

Traduzione di Donatella Rizzati

Piranesi vive nella Casa. Forse da sempre. Giorno dopo giorno ne esplora gli infiniti saloni, mentre nei suoi diari tiene traccia di tutte le meraviglie e i misteri che questo mondo labirintico custodisce. I corridoi abbandonati conducono in un vestibolo dopo l’altro, dove sono esposte migliaia di bellissime statue di marmo. Imponenti scalinate in rovina portano invece ai piani dove è troppo rischioso addentrarsi: fitte coltri di nubi nascondono allo sguardo il livello superiore, mentre delle maree imprevedibili che risalgono da chissà quali abissi sommergono i saloni inferiori. Ogni martedì e venerdì Piranesi si incontra con l’Altro per raccontargli le sue ultime scoperte. Quest’uomo enigmatico è l’unica persona con cui parla, perché i pochi che sono stati nella Casa prima di lui sono ora soltanto scheletri che si confondono tra il marmo. Improvvisamente appaiono dei messaggi misteriosi: qualcuno è arrivato nella Casa e sta cercando di mettersi in contatto proprio con Piranesi. Di chi si tratta? Lo studioso spera in un nuovo amico, mentre per l’Altro è solo una terribile minaccia. Piranesi legge e rilegge i suoi diari ma i ricordi non combaciano, il tempo sembra scorrere per conto proprio e l’Altro gli confonde solo le idee con le sue risposte sfuggenti. Piranesi adora la Casa, è la sua divinità protettrice e l’unica realtà di cui ha memoria. È disposto a tutto per proteggerla, ma il mondo che credeva di conoscere nasconde ancora troppi segreti e sta diventando, suo malgrado, pericoloso. Susanna Clarke, autrice fantasy fra le più acclamate, torna in maniera trionfale con un nuovo, inebriante romanzo ambientato in un mondo da sogno intriso di bellezza e poesia.

«Piranesi mi ha sbalordita. È un esempio di storytelling miracoloso e luminoso». Madeline Miller

«Un avvincente, suggestivo mistero. Questo libro è un tesoro trasportato dal mare su una costa dimenticata, che attende solo di essere scoperto». Erin Morgenstern

«Che mondo ha creato Susanna Clarke… Piranesi è un puzzle squisito». David Mitchell

«Ci riporta decisamente a Sogno di una notte di mezza estate, per non parlare de La tempesta. Susanna è una di quegli scrittori che usano gli strumenti della fantasia per parlarci di noi stessi». Neil Gaiman

«La pubblicazione di Piranesi conferma che Susanna Clarke è fra i più grandi e interessanti scrittori di fantasy degli ultimi cent’anni o più». «Times Literary Supplement»

18 edizioni

Lulu/ Lucien ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

Potential that I felt wasted

3 stelle

Avviso sul contenuto a rare spoilery post

I read this book as part of LucieBulle's bookclub monthly community read.

I liked certain aspects:

already, that the journey to this world was not an "astral" or magical journey, as it seemed to be at the start. I was a little afraid of the end of the novel with the "manisfestation".

*The gradual discovery of the key points of each character's past, and the main one saved by a woman and it does not end in a transfer romance

*The question of identity that comes with experiences and memories, and acceptance from family/friends that he must have had a seizure, and everyone accepts that he needs to go to therapy

Neutral:

Its scientific methodology is interesting, although repetitive (the statements in each entry are long)

However :

a lot of repetition of words and above all, long sentences.

*Narrative style not rich enough for my personal tastes.

Lack of answers concerning the sizes of statues and of this universe that Piranesi lived in... did he measure correctly as it would seem from his writings? or are all sizes exaggerated by the same effect of forgetfulness / on the verge of losing ones bearings?
By what were these caused? I would have liked, for example, that his executioner had given him drugs or something, which would explain the notions of altered space and time because, at the end, we learn that he must have been a prisoner somewhere near a isolated beach or island; however, to my knowledge, no real place would correspond with Piranesi's measurements...

quaad@bookwyrm.social ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

my review of Piranesi

5 stelle

I like this a lot. I'm not sure why it took me so long to get around to it. it was like a really good, really satisfying meal.

Arisu ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

Una historia que alberga muchas historias

5 stelle

En primer lugar, debo decir que leer a cualquiera de las ganadoras del Women's Prize for Fiction siempre es una excelente idea.

Piranesi es una novela breve, pero que alberga muchas historias en sí misma: desde la encantadora vida del protagonista en su Casa-Mundo hasta los secretos del Mundo más allá de ella. Quizá la historia pierde un poco de impacto con todas las pistas que la autora incluye en la misma, empezando por el título, pero se presta a tantas reflexiones que igual me merece 5 estrellas.

"La Hermosura de la Casa es inconmesurable; su Bondad, infinita."

Another Hopeful Fool ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

Rapt from first page to last

5 stelle

Unique and richly allegorical. You'll fall in love with the titular character.

Alessandro Piroddi ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

Unconventioal!

5 stelle

Unexpected, mysteryous and very engaging. A fresh fantasy with a touch of philosophy.

Jonathan Hartley ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

Splendid tale, in a symbolic setting which is strikingly and evocatively minimal.

4 stelle

Avviso sul contenuto Minor spoiler, which reveals a mid-book event which is very different in setting than the consistency of the opening chapters might suggest.

I really enjoyed this. I was captured by the reliable hook of an initially confounding fantastic or symbolic setting, gradually made comprehensible as information is revealed and the reader acclimatizes to the concepts in play. The infinite architectures of The House reminds me of the similarly spectacular House of Leaves, or the YouTube Backrooms phenomenon. It makes me want to revisit the symbolic locations of Banks "The Bridge". It reminds me of deeply evocative late nights, lost in endless videogame worlds.

About 2/3 of the way through, I caught a reference as a character is using childhood memories as part of a ritual to reopen a doorway to a lost world, from the rose garden of his childhood home. As potential doorways begin appearing, he notes "The color of the roses was supernaturally bright."

This is no doubt a deliberate reference to Aldus Huxley's "Doors of Perception" (bookwyrm.social/book/168195/s/the-doors-of-perception-and-heaven-and-hell-perennial-classics), a trip report on the opening of said doors during the psychedelic experience of mescaline, in which repeated reference is made to a supernaturally bright and vivid vase of flowers, "shining with their own inner light and all but quivering under the pressure of the significance with which they were charged".

mark ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

Perfectly Crafted... Fantasy Novel? Oneiric Mystery?

5 stelle

It's hard to overstate how much this book feels written specifically for me - I love books with any sort of physically improbable gigantic building, fantasy books where people enter other worlds, academic thrillers, etc - and Piranesi nails the blend perfectly. A sheer delight with an extremely thoughtful denouement.

Shauna ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

5 stelle

This is one of those books that's unlike any other. It's surreal and dreamy and the sheer "what the heck's going on?" factor compelled me to read it all in one day.

A novel like this - light on plot, with an extremely limited cast of characters, told in an epistolary style - really sinks or swims on the narrative voice. Luckily the titular Piranesi is fun to read, and comes across as practical and clever, curious and sweet. His ignorance is charming rather than frustrating, and of course his naivete is all part of the mystery.

Highly recommended to anyone who loves an atmospheric and/or experimental story.

m₂ ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

I liked this

4 stelle

I really liked this story! Glad it got put on my radar from Jacob Geller's video on infinity.

lep@bookwyrm.social ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Nessuna valutazione

Nice little book. Had to read it in one sitting.

James ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

Reality plus a little magic

4 stelle

I really enjoyed the book, the smaller world that the protagonist lives in is very simple and is intriguing, but not somewhere I feel I need to return to. The larger universe though is interesting, with its reality plus a little magic vibe. I enjoyed the unravelling mystery and it compelled me to read it much faster than I've read books of similar size. The first few chapters describing the House reminded me of the descriptions of The Sleeper Service in Iain M Banks' book Excession. To the point where I thought the book was going to go in a sci-fi direction.

polymerwitch ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

A beautiful book that quiets and comforts my mind

5 stelle

If we were born in another world what form would the shadows cast upon the walls of our cave take? What mythologies and art would inform our identity? What are the limits that malicious people have to do harm through warping and confining our realities? How does the society around me shape the person I am at any given time?

Piranesi explores these questions in a labyrinth of an endless house full of statues that is flooded by the sea. The answers are in the faces of our neighbors and in the hushing pose of the faun.

DioAteo ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

Review of 'Piranesi' on 'Goodreads'

3 stelle

Presto sul blog!

Antonis reads ha recensito Piranesi di Susanna Clarke

Multilayered, mysterious & delightful

4 stelle

I'm a big sucker for mysterious spaces and Piranesi delivers in spades. Characters are very interesting too, the story's theme resonates as well.

Chris Young

Valuta

04 Maggio 2023