An Enchantment
Oct 31, 2020
2 minutes
—Manjula Padmanabhan
The narrator of Susanna Clarke’s book, a young man whose name might be Piranesi, speaks to us with endearing directness. He lives alone, he says, in soaring marble halls, surrounded by clouds, tides and beautiful statues.
His closest companions are the skeletal remains of 13 people. But wait, he’s not entirely
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