Antonina asked this question about Piranesi:
The ending sentence of the book...do you think Piranesi/M.R.S. had reentered his "Home" again permanently or traveled into another world? Or is that just a sentimental line? I thought I remembered reading that the Home had a tendency to shift or gain additions, so maybe he couldn't handle the real world and craved the Home too much (like Ritter), which could have been altered based on his new interpretation of life.
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Gabrielle I agree with this analysis. I also think that in the mind of the narrator, the House is equivalent to God. I think that's the message we readers are s ...more
Oct 07, 2021 08:03PM · flag
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Gabrielle And please note -- I'm not a Christian myself! But I see references throughout the book to the writings of CS Lewis, who certainly was. For example, t ...more
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