"When the moon rose in the third Northern Hall I went to the ninth vestibule - entry for the first day of the fifth month in the year the albatross came to the south-western halls" - so begins this Fantasty novel from the author of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell. Piranesi inhabits a labyrinthine world, washed by winds and the sea. He keeps a journal, tends the bones of the dead, senses his name is not real. I loathed it at first then loved it and couldn't put it down!
(Jenny Baker - bwl 103 Winter 2022 ) |
