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S'està carregant… Piranesi: ‘Spectacular’ The Times (edició 2020)de Susanna Clarke (Autore)
Informació de l'obraPiranesi de Susanna Clarke
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. So mysterious! Loved reading this so much. Want to read it again. ( ) Piranesi begins with a logical and scientific catalogue of a world that is both foreign and familiar, but the experience of reading it is anything but orderly. In fact, I felt a bit untethered throughout most of the mythos—if it can even be considered myth. I began reading it as an allegory but without a firm fix on the foundation. Is it religious (think creation and flood stories) or mythological (think Daedalus’s labyrinth) or philosophical (think Plato’s Cave). Like Piranesi experiences in his research, I definitely felt adrift in this world, tossing amongst the waves, questioning everything and having no idea in which Hall I might wash ashore. I bought this on a whim in Italy because I wanted to read something short and had heard a lot about it, yet no one could ever explain what it was about. I get why they couldn’t now, it is genuinely an amazing book but it’s also an experience. If you say too much, you kind of ruin the experience of going through this literal masterpiece. I devoured this book in two days and could literally start it again right now. Un libro que es mejor empezar sin saber nada y descubrir el mundo de Piranesi a medida que te lo va enseñando el mismo con las entradas de su diario. Una maravilla de libro que explora muchos conceptos que me gustan pero que prefiero no detallar para mantener la sorpresa de su lectura. Recomendadisimo.
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. PremisDistincionsLlistes notables
En Piranesi viu a la Casa des de sempre. Als seus diaris pren registre de les meravelles que la Casa ofereix: el laberint de Sales, els milers d'Estàtues, les Marees que s'inflen fins a inundar les Escales... Els dimarts i els divendres, en Piranesi es troba amb el seu amic, l'Altre. La resta de dies, porta tributs i aliments als Morts. Un dia apareixen missatges escrits amb guix a les Parets. Individus estranys han arribta a la Casa. El Món que en Piranesi creia que coneixia està canviant. esdevé estrany i perillós. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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