NewYorkTimesBestsellerWinneroftheWomen’sPrizeforFictionWorldFantasyAwardsFinalistTheinstantNewYorkTimesbestsellingnovelfromtheauthorofJonathanStrange&MrNorrell,anintoxicating,hypnoticbooksetinadreamlikealternativereality.Piranesi’shouseisnoordinarybuilding:itsroomsareinfinite,itscorridorsendless,itswallsarelinedwiththousandsuponthousandsofstatues,eachonedifferentfromalltheothers.Withinthelabyrinthofhallsanoceanisimprisoned;wavesthunderupstaircases,roomsarefloodedinaninstant.ButPiranesiisnotafraid;heunderstandsthetidesasheunderstandsthepatternofthelabyrinthitself.Helivestoexplorethehouse.Thereisoneotherpersoninthehouse-amancalledTheOther,whovisitsPiranesitwiceaweekandasksforhelpwithresearchintoAGreatandSecretKnowledge.ButasPiranesiexplores,evidenceemergesofanotherperson,andaterribletruthbeginstounravel,revealingaworldbeyondtheonePiranesihasalwaysknown.ForreadersofNeilGaiman’sTheOceanattheEndoftheLaneandfansofMadelineMiller’sCirce,Piranesiintroducesanastonishingnewworld,aninfinitelabyrinth,fullofstartlingimagesandsurrealbeauty,hauntedbythetidesandtheclouds.
