"The beauty of the House is immeasurable. Its Kindness infinite."

From intellectually titillating constructs of Borges to Strugatskys' "Roadside picnic" - the idea of a world that repels humans yet attracts them is not new. Yet the world created in "Piranesi" is beautiful and desirable, governed by the classical art and nature in their purest form. Rarely did I put down a book with such an acute feeling of something lost and a desire to start reading it again in order to regain that. To me, the House itself was much more engrossing than the actual plot (which was clever and engaging in its own).

I wish I could give six stars to this book...