Join other readers in their 20s and 30s to discuss "Piranesi" by Susanna Clarke.
Join us for a social book group for readers in their 20s and 30s to discuss a variety of genres.
Meet up with other book enthusiasts at Khepri Kitchen + Coffee, located at 106 S. Emerson St. in Mount Prospect. The library will provide a round of appetizers for the group; other food and beverages are available for purchase.
Book summary: 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.
We recommend placing a hold on the selected title a month before the meeting for ample reading time. If you'd like to place a hold over the phone, please call the Fiction/AV/Teen desk at 847-590-4070.
106 S Emerson St, Mt Prospect, IL 60056
