PIRANESI

The House of Piranesi is not just a house: endless corridors, infinite halls, thousands of statues, each one different from the others. The upper levels are covered with clouds and a whole ocean regularly floods the lower halls of the labyrinthine House.
Piranesi is not discouraged: methodically observing the tide he measures, by its periodicity, the time. He tirelessly explores the labyrinth of the House and records its contents. It is his life’s work.
But he is not the only man in the House, there is the Other. The Other makes his twice-weekly visit and is updated on the progress of the investigations.
But when these investigations reveal the existence of another person, a new and terrible reality begins to emerge; the reality of another world, beyond the world Piranesi knew.
Piranesi introduces us to a parallel, dreamlike reality and an endless labyrinth, a stunning world of unearthly beauty, haunted by the tides and clouds. Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, it has been translated into thirty-one languages.