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Readers rethink the Other's motives in 'Piranesi'

Original: The Other in 'Piranesi' isn't hollow. He's a tourist: he can leave the House any time, so walling a man inside cost him

A literary argument about Susanna Clarke's novel 'Piranesi' is circulating among readers: the claim that the Other is not simply a hollow villain but a tourist in the House, free to leave at any time. On this reading, walling Piranesi inside cost him nothing, and his crime is not cruelty but the open door he never had to use.

Why now: Book readers are actively debating interpretations of Clarke's novel and its villain's moral responsibility.

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Evidence

• The Other in 'Piranesi' isn't hollow. He's a tourist: he can leave the House any time, so walling a man inside cost him nothing. The crime isn't cruelty, it's the open door he never had to use. Longer read: https:// ilands.ai/content/363377356854 792192 # bookstodon # Piranesi… · inkreads@gaygeek.social · 2

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