DATE09.09.26TIME7:30 PM
One shared conversation across the city
THE BEAUTY OF
THE HOUSE IS IMMEASURABLE
Piranesi lives in the House. Its endless halls are filled with thousands of marble statues, its lower levels flood with tides from an unseen ocean, and its upper reaches drift with cloud. He knows the tides and their timings. He knows the statues and their meanings. He is, he believes, one of only fifteen people ever to have existed.
Twice a week the Other visits with instructions and questions, searching for a Great and Secret Knowledge. Piranesi keeps meticulous journals of everything the House shows him. Then, in an index he doesn't remember writing, a name he doesn't remember meeting appears — and the perfect logic of his world begins to shift.
From the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, a strange, luminous novel about memory, wonder, and the way a single frame can shape everything you take to be real. Join bookedclub for an evening in the halls — with wine, a long table, and one shared conversation across the city.
WHY WE CHOSE THIS BOOK
A World To Wander
A book you read slowly on purpose. The House rewards attention the way a real place does — more the longer you stay.
A Quiet Mystery
Not a thriller. A puzzle assembled from journal entries, statues, and tides. The kind of book that keeps unfolding after you close it.
Made for a Table
Everyone reads Piranesi differently. Bring your interpretation, share a bottle, and see which of yours changes by the end of the night.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, 2021.
— WOMEN’S PRIZE
One of the 10 Best Books of 2020.
— THE NEW YORK TIMES
An instant New York Times bestseller.
— NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
— SUSANNA CLARKE
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