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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. One of my favorite books I read in 2023. I went into this book blindly; I'm glad that I did. There are a few aspects that I didn't like about the book. Mainly the ending. I thought it was strange to follow Piranesi in the world only for him to be saved by a cop in the end. This entire book felt like it was set in an alternative universe, so when I got to this part of the book I felt that I was taken out of the universe and the story that was being wrote didn't feel the same as when I started to book. Another thing I didn't like was the wordy explantations of the hallways. Once or twice would be fine, but I felt there was pages dedicated to describing nothing. The thing that I loved about this book was the world that Piranesi lived in. I felt that I was also in this labyrinth. I also liked that a lot of the book is a mystery to us and Piranesi. Is the guy helping him good or bad? Is this his imagination or is the world real? Who are the bodies that he finds, and why are they there? Why is he the only one in this universe? Overall, an enjoyable read and I will be recommending to my friends. A small, beautiful, melancholic fantasy that shows us what the better angels of our nature could look like. The setting of the House could be a place of nightmares, but the pure heart of Piranesi renders it full of grace, beauty, and kindness. This story made me yearn for the magical thinking of childhood; I remembered the place that was where I “last believed the world to be fluid,” “before the iron hand of modern rationality gripped [my] mind.” What a gift for a story to give.
Here it is worth reflecting on the subject of Clarke's overt homage. The historical Piranesi, an 18th-century engraver, is celebrated for his intricate and oppressive visions of imaginary prisons and his veduta ideate, precise renderings of classical edifices set amid fantastic vistas. Goethe, it is said, was so taken with these that he found the real Rome greatly disappointing. Clarke fuses these themes, seducing us with imaginative grandeur only to sweep that vision away, revealing the monstrosities to which we can not only succumb but wholly surrender ourselves. The result is a remarkable feat, not just of craft but of reinvention. Far from seeming burdened by her legacy, the Clarke we encounter here might be an unusually gifted newcomer unacquainted with her namesake's work. If there is a strand of continuity in this elegant and singular novel, it is in its central pre-occupation with the nature of fantasy itself. It remains a potent force, but one that can leave us - like Goethe among the ruins - forever disappointed by what is real. How fantastic to have a bestselling novel with an index right at its heart. PremiosDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
La casa de Piranesi no es un edificio cualquiera: sus habitaciones son monumentales, con paredes llenas de miles de estatuas, y sus pasillos, interminables. Dentro del dédalo de corredores hay un océano aprisionado en el que las olas retumban y las mareas inundan los aposentos. Pero Piranesi no tiene miedo: comprende las embestidas del mar igual que el patrón del laberinto, mientras explora los límites de su mundo y avanza, con la ayuda de un hombre llamado El Otro, en una investigación científica para alcanzar El Gran Conocimiento Secreto. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Una maravilla de libro que explora muchos conceptos que me gustan pero que prefiero no detallar para mantener la sorpresa de su lectura.
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