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Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Name: Piranesi
SKU: PIRA
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Illustrated By Julian de Narvaez

Step into the labyrinthine beauty of Piranesi’s world – a House filled with endless halls and infinite mysteries. Susanna Clarke’s luminous novel is both dream and puzzle. With illustrations from Julian De Narvaez.

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Book Details

Presentation Box & BindingBound in printed and blocked textured paper
Gilded page tops
Blocked and die-cut slipcase

Dimensions8¾ inches × 5½ inches

FontSet in Perpetua

Pages248 pages

AuthorSusanna Clarke

Illustrated ByJulian de Narvaez

Illustration6 colour illustrations including 1 double page spread
Black and white title page spread illustration and 1 black and white part title image

Publication Date06/05/2025

PrintingFirst Printing

Editor's Notes

Open the pages and enter the labyrinthine House, where tides fill the monumental Halls, and the corridors and vestibules are home to thousands upon thousands of statues. This is the realm of Piranesi, the titular character of Susanna Clarke's poignant novel that examines, among other things, the beauty and sorrow of solitude. It is a truly ingenious puzzle of a book – one that’s best discovered firsthand. The less you know at the outset, the more captivated you'll be.

Bound in deep blues and gleaming golds, this Folio edition is as beautiful and enigmatic as its contents. The artist Julin De Narvaez has distilled the mystery and majesty of the House into six gorgeous illustrations, while a brand-new afterword by the author offers a glimpse into the sparks of inspiration that led to Piranesi's creation.

Synopsis

A house with endless halls, crumbling statues, and an ocean trapped within its walls. This is Piranesi’s world, a labyrinth both beautiful and treacherous. He is its lone inhabitant — except for the mysterious Other, who seeks knowledge within its depths. But when messages appear, whispering of another reality, Piranesi’s world fractures. Is the House his home, or is it something more sinister? As forgotten truths resurface, Susanna Clarke weaves a spellbinding tale of mystery, memory and the search for what lies in the unknown.

About the Illustrator

Julian De Narvaez

Julian De Narvaez is a Colombian illustrator with a talent for blending tradition and technology. He starts with pen and China ink, building up layers of detail before adding digital colour —giving his work a fresh, contemporary edge while keeping the charm of classic illustration. His style is rich, textured and packed with personality, making every image feel like a story in itself. Based in Colombia, he brings books to life with his distinctive, characterful artwork, always finding new ways to play with line, colour and composition.

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About the Author

Susanna Clarke was born in Nottingham and studied politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford. Following this, she became an editor for Simon and Schuster, working on their cookbook list, and went on to teach English as a foreign language. Clarke's first novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, was published to huge acclaim in 2004, winning the Hugo Award and reaching the New York Times bestseller list. Her second novel, Piranesi, won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2021. She has written full-time since the success of Jonathan Strange and is also the author of The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of short stories based in the same world as Jonathan Strange.

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