Susanna Clarke

Winner of the 2021 Women's Prize for FictionA SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL, ‘one of our greatest living authors’ NEW YORK MAGAZINE__________________________________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.The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.__________________________________'What a world Susanna Clarke conjures into being … Piranesi is an exquisite puzzle-box' DAVID MITCHELL‘It subverts expectations throughout … Utterly otherworldly’ GUARDIAN'Piranesi astonished me. It is a miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling' MADELINE MILLER‘Brilliantly singular’ SUNDAY TIMES'A gorgeous, spellbinding mystery … This book is a treasure, washed up upon a forgotten shore, waiting to be discovered' ERIN MORGENSTERN‘Head-spinning … Fully imagined and richly evoked’ TELEGRAPH**Pre-order now****The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – with an exquisite new package and an exclusive introduction by V E Schwab****Buy The Wood at Midwinter – a beautifully illustrated Christmas story from the queen of fantasy**

Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. Piranesi is not afraid; he lives to explore the house. There is one other person in the house - a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. As Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known.

Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has? Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell transported over four million readers into its mysterious world. It became an instant classic and has been hailed as one of the finest works of fiction of the twenty-first century. Fifteen years later, it is finally time to enter the House and meet Piranesi. May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty. 'A book to look out for in 2020' - Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times, Express, SFX

The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by V E SchwabOver 4 million copies sold‘The book I wish I'd written’ R F Kuang‘Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous’ Katherine Rundell‘A modern masterpiece’ Spectator‘One of my all-time favourite books’ Ann Patchett1806. England is beleaguered by the long war, and centuries have passed since magicians faded from view. But one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell. Proceeding to London, he raises a woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French.Yet the cautious Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician. Young, handsome and daring, Jonathan Strange is his very antithesis. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men – which overwhelms that between England and France. And soon their own secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine…'Like Hilary Mantel, Clarke has made the very notion of genre seem quaint' Guardian

Dyslexia-Friendly Edition using sans serif font printed with blue ink on cream paper.Winner of the 2021 Women's Prize for FictionA SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL, ‘one of our greatest living authors’ NEW YORK MAGAZINE__________________________________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.The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.__________________________________'What a world Susanna Clarke conjures into being … Piranesi is an exquisite puzzle-box' DAVID MITCHELL‘It subverts expectations throughout … Utterly otherworldly’ GUARDIAN'Piranesi astonished me. It is a miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling' MADELINE MILLER‘Brilliantly singular’ SUNDAY TIMES'A gorgeous, spellbinding mystery … This book is a treasure, washed up upon a forgotten shore, waiting to be discovered' ERIN MORGENSTERN‘Head-spinning … Fully imagined and richly evoked’ TELEGRAPH

Piranezi zhive v Budinku. I, mozhlivo, zhiv zavzhdi.Den za dnem vin chitko j sumlinno fiksuje u svojikh zoshitakh diva Budinku: labirint zal, nezchislenni tisjachi statuj, priplivi, scho z gurkotom pidijmajutsja skhodami, khmari, scho povoli snujut gorishnimi zalami.Po vivtorkakh i p'jatnitsjakh Piranezi bachitsja zi svojim drugom, Odnodumtsem. U inshij chas ofiruje Mertvim jizhu j latattja. Ale zdebilshogo vin na samoti.Na khidnikakh pochinajut z'javljatisja poslannja, nashkrjabani krejdoju. V Budinku znajshovsja novachok. Ale khto tse j chogo vin khoche? Drug vin chi nese rujnatsiju j bozhevillja, jak stverdzhuje Odnodumets? Dovoditsja shukati zagubleni teksti, rozkrivati tajemnitsi. Svit, jakij Piranezi vvazhav znajomim, staje khimernim i nebezpechnim.Krasa Budinku bezmirna; dobrist jogo neskinchenna.

New York Times BestsellerWinner of the Women's Prize for FictionWorld Fantasy Awards Finalist The instant New York Times bestselling novel from the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic book set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house. There is one other person in the house-a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known. For readers of Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane and fans of Madeline Miller's Circe, Piranesi introduces an astonishing new world, an infinite labyrinth, full of startling images and surreal beauty, haunted by the tides and the clouds.

Una de las novelas m s brillantes y originales que han aparecido en el panorama anglosaj n en los ltimos tiempos. Una mezcla prodigiosa de fantas a e historia, en la que los magos conviven con personajes reales y que plantea una historia alternativa de Inglaterra. A principios del siglo XIX, las haza as del Rey Cuervo, el m s grande de todos los magos de la Edad Media, perviven en la memoria y la leyenda, pero la pr ctica de la magia ha sido completamente olvidada en Inglaterra. Hasta el d a en que el esquivo se or Norrell, de Hurtfew Abbey, logra que las piedras de la catedral de York hablen. La noticia del retorno de la magia se extiende como la p lvora y el se or Norrell, convencido de que debe poner sus artes al servicio del gobierno en la guerra contra Napole n, se traslada a Londres. All conoce al joven Jonathan Strange, un brillante y voluntarioso mago, y tras superar algunos recelos, consiente en acogerlo como disc pulo. En una poca en la que s lo los charlatanes se hac an llamar magos, Norrell y Strange se proponen limpiar el buen nombre de su oficio, al que consideran una ciencia con may sculas. Bajo las rdenes de Wellington, realizar n decenas de actos m gicos, y su xito es tal que muy pronto se los consultar sobre muchos otros problemas, desde la curaci n de la locura del rey Jorge III hasta la mejor venganza para amantes despechados. A su paso encontrar n amor y muerte, portentos y crueldades, y arrastrados por la ambici n y la rivalidad, el camino de la gloria los acercar irremediablemente al abismo. Entre la fina comedia social de Jane Austen y el sombr o universo de Tolkien, Susanna Clarke ha logrado crear un mundo imaginario de enorme belleza y misterio. Distinguida como Mejor Novela del A o por los libreros independientes de Estados Unidos y candidata a los premios Whitbread, Booker y Guardian, Jonathan Strange y el se or Norrell ha sido generosamente elogiada por la cr tica y ha permanecido en las listas de los libros m s vendidos de Estados Unidos, Gran Breta a y Alemania desde su publicaci n. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world. In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity. Another practicing magician then emerges: the young and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell's pupil, and the two join forces in the war against France. But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wild, most perilous forms of magic, and he soon risks sacrificing his partnership with Norrell and everything else he holds dear. Susanna Clarke's brilliant first novel is an utterly compelling epic tale of nineteenth-century England and the two magicians who, first as teacher and pupil and then as rivals, emerge to change its history.

Fejri zavzhdi blizhche, nizh zdajetsja. Buvaje, peretnesh nevidimu mezhu - j dali rozbirajsja, jak umijesh, iz nakhabnimi printsesami, mstivimi sovami, damami, scho na dozvilli vishivajut navkolishnim strashnu dolju, neskinchennimi stezhkami u glibokikh temnikh khaschakh i budinkami, jaki schorazu vigljadajut po-inshomu. Same taki problemi oposidajut gerojiv i gerojin tsikh charivnikh istorij - samozakokhanogo svjaschennika v dobu Regentstva, likarja-jevreja u XVIII stolitti j Mariju, korolevu Shotlandiji, a takozh dvokh personazhiv "Dzhonatana Strejndzha i m-ra Norrella" - samogo Strejndzha i Korolja Kruka. Perekladach Jaroslava Strikha

1806 rik. Anglija visnazhena zatjazhnoju vijnoju z Napoleonom. Minulo bagato stolit, vidkoli magi pishli v nebuttja, stavshi tilki spogadom z minulogo. Prote odin charivnik taki zalishivsja - vidljudnik m-r Norrell, chija magija khviljuje i bentezhit usju krajinu. Perejikhavshi do Londona, mag povertaje do zhittja prekrasnu zhinku j priklikaje primarnij flot, schob zaljakati frantsuziv.Odnak avtoritetu obachnogo, metushlivogo Norrella kidaje viklik pojava inshogo maga. Molodij, privablivij i zukhvalij Dzhonatan Strejndzh - povna protilezhnist Norrellu. Tak rozpochinajetsja nebezpechna borotba mizh dvoma velikimi magami, scho zatmarjuje navit vijnu mizh Anglijeju ta Frantsijeju. Jikhnja zatjatist i neobachne zvernennja do temnikh mistetstv sprichinjat bilshe likha, nizh voni sami zdatni ujaviti.PerekladachKaterina Pitik, Anatolij Pitik, Bogdan Stasjuk

Fra den prisbelønte, internasjonale bestselgerforfatteren av Piranesi og Jonathan Strange & herr Norrell kommer en fortryllende og uforglemmelig julefortelling. «En kirke er en slags skog. En skog er en slags kirke. De er egentlig akkurat det samme.» Nitten år gamle Merowdis Scot er en uvanlig jente. Hun kan snakke med dyr og trær – og hun er bare lykkelig når hun vandrer i skogen. En snøhvit ettermiddag er Merowdis ute med hundene sine og grisen Apple da hun møter en svarttrost og en rev. Da mørket senker seg, dukker en underlig skikkelse opp iblant dem – og livsveien hennes endres for bestandig. «Akkurat som Hilary Mantel har Clarke fått konseptet sjanger til å fremstå som noe pussig.» -Guardian «En mirakuløs og glitrende fortelling.» -Madeline Miller Utropt til en bok å holde øynene åpne for i 2024 av Sunday Times, Guardian og BBC. En liten, innbundet utgave med etterord av forfatteren.

From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting and haunting Christmas short story**Named a book to look out for in 2024 by the Sunday Times, Guardian and BBC****A small hardback edition featuring an afterword by the author**‘A church is a sort of wood. A wood is a sort of church. They’re the same thing really.’Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scott is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees – and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods. One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure enters in their midst – and the path of her life is changed forever. 'Like Hilary Mantel, Clarke has made the very notion of genre seem quaint' Guardian'A miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling' Madeline Miller **With exquisite illustrations by Victoria Sawdon**

Fra forfatteren av New York Times-bestselgeren Jonathan Strange og herr Norrell kommer en berusende, hypnotiserende roman som foregår i en drømmeaktig, alternativ virkelighet. Piranesi tar leseren med inn i en fantastisk ny verden, en uendelig labyrint, full av forbløffende syn og uvirkelig skjønnhet, hjemsøkt av tidevann og skyer. Piranesi bor i Huset. Det er ikke noen vanlig bygning: rommene er uendelige, korridorene endeløse, veggene er dekket av tusenvis av statuer, og ingen av dem er like. Et hav er fanget i labyrinten av saler – bølger dundrer oppover trapper, og saler oversvømmes på et øyeblikk. Men Piranesi er ikke redd. Han forstår mønsteret i labyrinten. Han lever for å utforske huset. Det finnes ett annet menneske i huset, en mann som heter den Andre, som besøker Piranesi to ganger i uken og ber ham hjelpe til med forskningen på en Stor og Hemmelig Kunnskap. Men etter hvert som Piranesi utforsker sin verden, dukker det opp tegn til enda et menneske, og en skrekkelig sannhet begynner å avsløres – og å avdekke en verden utenfor den Piranesi bestandig har kjent. «Piranesi var verdt å vente på. Den mest vidunderlig underlige boken jeg har lest på mange år.» –Guardian «På svært skarpsindig vis gir Clarke oss litt etter litt detaljene i bakgrunnshistorien for begivenhetene hun forteller om, og avdekker et lumsk, okkult renkespill som bygger seg opp til et crescendo av uforfalsket skrekk. Denne utsøkt fortalte beretningen vil ganske sikkert bli anerkjent som et av årets mest nyskapende romaner.» – Publishers Weekly

The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by V E SchwabOver 4 million copies sold‘The book I wish I'd written’ R F Kuang‘Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous’ Katherine Rundell‘A modern masterpiece’ Spectator‘One of my all-time favourite books’ Ann Patchett1806. England is beleaguered by the long war, and centuries have passed since magicians faded from view. But one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell. Proceeding to London, he raises a woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French.Yet the cautious Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician. Young, handsome and daring, Jonathan Strange is his very antithesis. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men – which overwhelms that between England and France. And soon their own secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine…'Like Hilary Mantel, Clarke has made the very notion of genre seem quaint' Guardian

Fra forfatteren av New York Times-bestselgeren «Jonathan Strange og herr Norrell» kommer en berusende, hypnotiserende ny roman som foregår i en drømmeaktig, alternativ virkelighet. «Piranesi» tar leseren med inn i en fantastisk ny verden, en uendelig labyrint, full av forbløffende syn og uvirkelig skjønnhet, hjemsøkt av tidevann og skyer. Piranesi bor i Huset. Det er ikke noen vanlig bygning: rommene er uendelige, korridorene endeløse, veggene er dekket av tusenvis av statuer, og ingen av dem er like. Et hav er fanget i labyrinten av saler - bølger dundrer oppover trapper, og saler oversvømmes på et øyeblikk. Men Piranesi er ikke redd. Han forstår mønsteret i labyrinten. Han lever for å utforske huset. Det finnes ett annet menneske i Huset, en mann som heter den Andre, som besøker Piranesi to ganger i uken og ber ham hjelpe til med forskningen på en Stor og Hemmelig Kunnskap. Men etter hvert som Piranesi utforsker sin verden, dukker det opp tegn til enda et menneske, og en skrekkelig sannhet begynner å avsløres - og å avdekke en verden utenfor den Piranesi bestandig har kjent. «Piranesi var verdt å vente på. Den mest vidunderlig underlige boken jeg har lest på mange år.» -Guardian «På svært skarpsindig vis gir Clarke oss litt etter litt detaljene i bakgrunnshistorien for begivenhetene hun forteller om, og avdekker et lumsk, okkult renkespill som bygger seg opp til et crescendo av uforfalsket skrekk. Denne utsøkt fortalte beretningen vil ganske sikkert bli anerkjent som et av årets mest nyskapende romaner.» - Publishers Weekly

Bestseller del New York Times Ganador del Women's Prize for FictionFinalista de World Fantasy Awards Vuelve la autora de Jonathan Strange y el se or Norrell con una novela hipn tica ambientada en una realidad on rica. 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 d dalo de corredores hay un oc ano 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 patr n del laberinto, mientras explora los l mites de su mundo y avanza, con la ayuda de un hombre llamado El Otro, en una investigaci n cient fica para alcanzar El Gran Conocimiento Secreto. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION New York Times BestsellerWinner of the Women's Prize for FictionWorld Fantasy Awards Finalist Chosen as a book of the year by the the Times, Guardian, Observer, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, I Paper, New Statesman, Spectator, Time Magazine, Times Literary Supplement, BBC Culture, Netgalley and the Church Times The spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, 'one of our greatest living authors.' (New York Magazine) 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. The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.