Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the RSVP link as soon as it’s available. Here’s the full Vox Book Club schedule for September 2021įriday, September 17: Discussion post on Piranesi published to Vox.comĭate TBA: Virtual live event with author Susanna Clarke. 1st Thursday Book Club Join us in a lively discussion of recent literary fiction. Subscribe to our newsletter and we’ll let you know the RSVP details as soon as we have them, and in the meantime, you can catch up on our Piranesi review from last year here. The Cape May County Library hosts various book blubs for our patrons. Then, at the end of the month, we’ll be meeting with Susanna Clarke herself (!!!) live on Zoom. We’ll talk about the Narnia parallels, the Jonathan Strange parallels, and what Piranesi has learned from his house. The alternate history fantasy about the return of. So gentle and compelling is his voice that when you read the book, you can feel yourself getting swallowed up by Piranesi’s beloved house, and by Piranesi’s terrible, radiant innocence.Īs the Vox Book Club reconvenes for September, we’re coming back in style by reading Piranesi. Susanna Clarke made quite a splash in 2004 with her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. He calls himself the house’s Beloved Child. He loves his life, and he loves the house. What it means to exist, to have memories, the very idea of trust and identity, and, yes, isolation. But what I can say about this book is: It’s an incredible look into the human mind. I’m definitely going to word vomit in the spoilers section. Norrell, it tells the story of a man called Piranesi, living all alone in a vast and flooded marble house, full of statues.Īs far as Piranesi knows, the house is the only thing in the world, and he himself one of the only living men in it. It’s the hardest book to review without actually giving spoilers. From the author of the much-beloved Jonathan Strange and Mr. Why does he draw this conclusion from such an ambiguous and threatening event Do you think the house is really kind Piranesi thinks he is a scientist. Susanna Clarke’s haunting, haunted Piranesi is one of the most astonishing books I’ve read in a very long time, sort of Narnia meets Paradise Lost meets Borges. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Piranesi has a near death experience with the house, and yet concludes that the beauty of the House is immeasurable. Piranesis house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon. of Grand Concourse Library to discuss Susanna Clarkes novel, Piranesi. Enter your email to receive Bookclubs newsletter with. This book discussion is geared toward parents/caregivers and their children. The Vox Book Club is linking to to support local and independent booksellers. Join the Bookclubs newsletter for monthly reading recommendations, book club tips, giveaways, and more.
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