Books by Susanna Clarke

So far a spectacularly good book, call it speculative fiction broadly in the vein of Susanna Clarke .  Plus she has written many other books .  Plus she is only 26 years old.  Plus she is getting a Ph.D from Yale in Asian Languages and Literatures.  I am far from finished, but so far this is one of my favorites of the year.

3. Susanna Clarke, Piranesi .  Yes this is a work of fiction.  Clarke of course wrote Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell , a very long novel that I have read twice, an odd mix of fantasy, science, magic, and Enlightenment esotericism, the only novel I know with fascinating footnotes.  I was thrilled to receive this one, and on p.51 I am still excited.

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell , by Susannah Clarke