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DATE CHANGE: How and in what ways might living in another place change us?

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DATE CHANGE: How and in what ways might living in another place change us?

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DATE CHANGE - WE'VE GOT COVID - UNLIKELY TO BE BETTER BY SUNDAY

How and in what ways might living in another place change us? Why might we prefer another place to where we came from?

The recommended book is Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

available in the library as book or e-book
https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/search/C__SPiranesi__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&ivts=SNLBxDmIdLNojDpkHk0vAg%3D%3D&casts=MYHWouvMv4gir%2F%2B9I93l5g%3D%3D

available as book from Dymocks (copies available in store Subiaco and Hay St Perth 19/03/2024)
https://www.dymocks.com.au/books/?term=Piranesi

available from Booktopia as book or e-book
https://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?pn=1&productType=917504&keywords=piranesi&suggested=L
https://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?pn=1&productType=917504&keywords=piranesi+susanna+clarke&suggested=D&list=8

Wikipedia entry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piranesi_(novel)

reviews
https://www.theringer.com/2020/10/8/21507006/piranesi-susanna-clarke-prisoner-of-our-imagination
https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/9/16/21438476/piranesi-review-susanna-clarke

interviews with author
(at 27.56 minutes in)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-book-show/hannah-kent-and-susanna-clarke/13616618
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-bookshelf/podcast-extra:-susanna-clarke/12910164
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQHhFyQbLoE

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