內容簡介
Piranesi 2021女性小說獎得主 英文小說 Susanna Clarke
★ 2021 女性小說獎得主
皮拉內西住在那座房子裡。或許，他一直都住在那裡。
他每日都在筆記本中細緻地記錄房子的奇觀：
如迷宮般的廳堂、數不盡的雕像、奔騰而上的潮水、以及在高層廳堂中緩緩移動的雲朵。
每週的星期二和星期五，皮拉內西會見他的朋友——「他者」（the Other）。
其他時間，他會為亡者帶去祭品。
然而，大部分的時間，他都是獨自一人。
某天，地板上開始出現用粉筆寫下的訊息。
房子裡出現了新人，可是，那人是誰？他們想要什麼？是朋友，還是如「他者」所警告的——帶來毀滅與瘋狂？
遺失的文字必須找回，隱藏的秘密必須揭露，皮拉內西原以為熟悉的世界，正變得陌生且危險。
Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has.
In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone.
Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims?
Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous.
作者介紹
Susanna Clarke's debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was first published in more than 34 countries and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. It won British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award in 2005. The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of short stories, some set in the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, was published by Bloomsbury in 2006. Piranesi was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award, the RSL Encore Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction. Susanna Clarke lives in Derbyshire.
