When I saw the movie \u201cInception\u201d I was especially drawn to a scene where the main character and his wife had created a world within their dreams. The world was represented as a huge empty city slowly disintegrating as the ocean pounded at the edges. They lived there for years while in a dream. Maybe some people saw loneliness in that huge empty city, but I liked the emptiness, and felt the call to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This book by Susanna Clarke reminded me a lot of that part of the movie. The book starts off with a profound feeling of disorientation and confusion for the reader – and we have to trust the author to tell the story their way. In this case it is worth it to keep reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are at first many questions, and then there is the character of Piranesi, who is wonderfully earnest and innocent and self-sufficient. We watch his life and his environment and gradually we learn more. The writing of the setting is beautiful, and the relatively short novel moves at a quicker pace. When a mystery develops I was completely absorbed, and in the end I didn\u2019t want to leave the world that the writer had created. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are countless ways to write a book and tell a story. How you may start, finish, create, destroy – there is no need to stick to a formula. The writer of this book clearly did something completely new and I was fascinated. There are no rules with books, and this particular book was a powerful reminder of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next book to read is Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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