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About the product Sixteen years ago, Suzanne Clark released Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, a book that has sold over 4 million copies worldwide and is recognized as a legendary masterpiece: “This is how the novel“ The Master and Margarita ”would have looked if it had been written by Dickens” ( A. Genis); «The best literary tale in English over the past seventy years» (N. Gaiman). And finally, we waited for the second Clarke novel. «This is an event of paramount importance in the world of literature» (Daily Telegraph). For the person we know as Piranesi, the House with a capital letter is the whole World. “Since the beginning of the World, there have definitely been fifteen people in it,” and Piranesi is the fifteenth. He explores endless Halls adorned with majestic Statues, and schedules the Tides that sweep the lower floors. Clouds float up to the upper floors and birds fly in, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays Piranesi meets the Other. “The beauty of the House is unspeakable,” Piranesi writes in his diary. «His kindness is infinite.» But one day he discovers traces of the person number sixteen….
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