Piranesi: To the End

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

We’ve come to the end of Susannah Clarke’s novel, which means it’s time to discuss whether the somewhat controversial ending is ultimately satisfying, different ways of interpreting the book, the way it presents it’s myriad philosophical contemplations, and much more. Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey there, I'm David Kern.
0:04.1	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.6	And I'm Sean Johnson.
0:06.9	And you are listening to Close to Read the podcast for the Incurable Reader on which we are discussing Susanna Clark's novel, Piranesi, the winner of the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction.
0:19.1	In case you didn't know that.
0:20.3	Oh, I see.
0:21.3	I'm not exactly sure what that means, but it won it.
0:26.7	It won the Women's Prize for Fiction.
0:29.9	I don't know who voted on it.
0:32.0	It wouldn't be weird if the panel for the Women's Prize for Fiction was made up of men,
0:36.6	justly men.
0:38.9	I mean,
0:39.6	would it really be weird?
0:41.1	It wouldn't be right,
0:42.2	but it would be in keeping with much of history.
0:43.8	But not surprising.
0:44.3	Yeah.
0:45.8	We are here to discuss the ending,
0:48.4	the final two chapters and the whole book of Pyrenees.
0:52.1	So,
0:53.2	spoilers can be tossed about now.
0:57.1	If you're listening to this episode,
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