Susanna Clarke
1) Piranesi
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel 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...
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At the dawn of the nineteenth century, two very different magicians emerge to change England's history. In the year 1806, with the Napoleonic Wars raging on land and sea, most people believe magic to be long dead in England until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers, and becomes a celebrity overnight. Yet the cautious, fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician, the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange. Young, handsome,...
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"Vivid and amusing...Magically funny."-Ursula K. LeGuin, Los Angeles Times
An enchanting collection of stories, set in the same world, from the author of the award-winning, internationally bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.
Following the international bestseller Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke returns with an enchanting collection of stories brimming with all the ingredients of...
An enchanting collection of stories, set in the same world, from the author of the award-winning, internationally bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.
Following the international bestseller Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke returns with an enchanting collection of stories brimming with all the ingredients of...
4) Piranesi
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2021.
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Español
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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 dédalo de corredores hay un océano 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 patrón del laberinto, mientras explora los límites de su mundo y avanza, con la ayuda de un...
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Casa Das Letras
Pub. Date
2015
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Portuguese
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Há séculos, quando a magia habitava Inglaterra, houve um mago que se distinguiu entre todos os outros. Chamou-se Rei Corvo, foi criado por fadas e, como nenhum outro, soube conjugar a sabedoria desses seres com a razão humana. Só que tudo se alterará a partir do momento em que um rei louco e alguns poetas mais arrojados fazem com que a Inglaterra deixe de acreditar na magia. O que acontecerá até meados do século xix, quando o solitário Senhor...
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Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH
Pub. Date
2020
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Deutsch
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Der neue Roman der Bestsellerautorin von »Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell«
Ein riesiges Gebäude, in dem sich endlos Räume aneinanderreihen, verbunden durch ein Labyrinth aus Korridoren und Treppen. An den Wänden stehen Tausende Statuen, das Erdgeschoss besteht aus einem Ozean, bei Flut donnern die Wellen die Treppenhäuser hinauf. In diesem Gebäude lebt Piranesi. Er hat sein Leben der Erforschung des Hauses gewidmet. Und je weiter...
Ein riesiges Gebäude, in dem sich endlos Räume aneinanderreihen, verbunden durch ein Labyrinth aus Korridoren und Treppen. An den Wänden stehen Tausende Statuen, das Erdgeschoss besteht aus einem Ozean, bei Flut donnern die Wellen die Treppenhäuser hinauf. In diesem Gebäude lebt Piranesi. Er hat sein Leben der Erforschung des Hauses gewidmet. Und je weiter...
7) Piranesi
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Casa Das Letras
Pub. Date
2021
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Portuguese
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Dia após dia, Piranesi regista clara e cuidadosamente nos seus cadernos de apontamentos as maravilhas da casa invulgar onde habita: o infindável labirinto de salões, os corredores sem fim à vista, os milhares de estátuas que se alinham pelas suas paredes, nenhuma igual à anterior, as marés que irrompem escadas acima, as nuvens que se deslocam em lenta procissão pelos salões do piso superior. Piranesi vive para explorar a própria casa. Às...
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Lan xiao shuo volume 103-104
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Shi bao wen hua chu ban qi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2007
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中文
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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This fantasy series tells the alternative history of 19th-century England, where magic once existed and has returned with two men: Gilbert Norrell and Jonathan Strange, who pit their skills against the might of Napoleon, the mythical Raven King and death i. The clash between these two British magicians is about to become a dangerous duel of the dark arts where, in the midst of the Napoleonic wars the real battle is between their oversized egos.