Susanna Clarke's 'Piranesi' (with Susannah Black and Derek Rishmawy)
February 27, 2021
Alastair Roberts
**SPOILERS WARNING!!!**
I am joined by Susannah Black and Derek Rishmawy for a discussion of Susanna Clarke's remarkable new novel, 'Piranesi' (https://amzn.to/3dQSOnt).
Euripides' 'Herakles': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM4sYJ7hdqg
Owen Barfield, 'Saving the Appearances': https://amzn.to/3dPRe5p
Susanna Clarke, 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell': https://amzn.to/2PjZ3WH
Gene Wolfe, 'Latro in the Mist': https://amzn.to/2Ph6fTw
Lev Grossman, 'The Magician's Trilogy': https://amzn.to/3aXMQ2c
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