My favorite book of all times. I read it five times and listened to the audiobook twice and I always find new clues and interpretations. The only work that came close to the atmosphere from "Piranesi" was a weird novella, "Tainaron. Mail from Another City" by Leena Krohn. The two short stories by Jorge Luis Borges that inspired the author are amazing as well. They are "The House of Asterion" and "The Library of Babel".

Absolutely loved PIRANESI.

Bought it as a gift to someone I know, now I'm beginning to circle them to see if I can yoink it back and read it myself. Thank you for not going into detail too much before I read it.

Goes on man. Goes on. Haha! Love it. Definitely sounds like one I will have to read. Thanks for the review.

@shannakay-vellumandvellich3542

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You should totally pick it up and let me know what you thought! There have been mixed reviews so I am sooo interested in hearing how people like (or don't like) this one.

@leesandle68

3 жыл бұрын

@@shannakay-vellumandvellich3542 ok well I’ve just this second reserved it from the library and well...it’s already out and not due back until May with another reserve after that so yea...may be a while. It WILL be read though. Take care.

@leesandle68

3 жыл бұрын

I have just finished it. Yea I’m with you, I really enjoyed it.

Thank you now I am going to try and read this book 📚 love you and your amazing channel love your number one fan John in Australia

@shannakay-vellumandvellich3542

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!

@johnsaxongitno4life588

3 жыл бұрын

@@shannakay-vellumandvellich3542 no worries 😉

Oh my god I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Favourite book of the whole of last year! I hear Chiwetl Ejiofur did the audio narration right? Was he good? I totally agree you HAVE to go in blind. May your floors go unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with beauty!

@shannakay-vellumandvellich3542

3 жыл бұрын

He honestly did such a good job! And I think the mind wandering during the long descriptions of the house would have happened a bit even if I didn't have a super soothing voice reading them too me lol. It almost felt like that was the way those passages were supposed to feel anyways. For awhile I was worried I was missing some crucial information about the statues, and I don't know, maybe I was lol. If I did it was too smart for me anyways 😂 After awhile I stopped rewinding and trying to find the secret, and just enjoyed the way the book made me brain feel during those parts instead.

@MaxReads

3 жыл бұрын

@@shannakay-vellumandvellich3542 I was flipping back pages a lot haha

Susanna Clarke is amazing, and this is in my 'to read' pile awaiting something great :)

Hi, I'm new here, and I'm trying to work out whether this is to do with a . . . (fictionalized) description of Piranesi, who was an artist or draftsman in late renaissance Italy . . . Could you answer a yes or no question about that? I'm interested, certainly, but the timing depends on the answer to this . . .I know that sounds bad, but I've been into the style of renaissance draftsmen for a couple of years now . . . Sorry this didn't make more sense than probably did. Have a good day.

@shannakay-vellumandvellich3542

3 жыл бұрын

The name Piranesi in the novel is kind of a joke that the actual character in the novel doesn’t understand. “The Other” gives him the nickname as a sort of nod to the house and the artist. It doesn’t have anything to do with any actual history, unless I super missed it lol. I don’t know anything about Renaissance Italy, so I could have missed more references 😅 I hope that helps!