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Review: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - The Gospel Coalition | Australia

The coincidence of the name is not a coincidence at all. Clarke’s novel is a direct literary descendant of the artist’s vision. To understand one is to unlock the other. This article serves as a deep dive into both: the creator of the prisons and the protagonist of the labyrinth. Piranesi

In an era of data hoarding and trauma-recovery therapy, Piranesi suggests something radical: forgetting can be a gift. The protagonist forgets the brutal world of spreadsheets, taxes, and murder, and becomes a sort of holy fool. He is wiser in his amnesia than the academics who try to rescue him. Review: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - The Gospel

While the book was written before the global lockdowns of 2020, many readers found a profound connection between Piranesi’s isolation and our own experiences of confined reality [18, 39]. It asks us: how do we find beauty and meaning when our world is small? This article serves as a deep dive into