Piranesi is devoid of ego and doesn’t have much of a personality.
The mystery doesn’t last very long for the reader, as the introduction of mundane objects and technology into a fantastical world more or less gives away the ‘twist’ of the novel early on. After a while, Piranesi starts to find clues that suggest he may be in danger and that the Other may not be his friend. He also brings supplies to Piranesi like bowls, fishing gear and shoes. The Other, unlike Piranesi who is dressed in modest old clothes, is always dressed in suits and tapping away at “his shining device”. His only human contact is with the Other, a man he meets with every week. There’s the endless descriptions of statues and interminable numbering of halls and vestibules and western this and northern that. Initially the descriptions of the house are quite beautiful but quickly become tedious and repetitive. The lower floor has a sea and bodies of water, tides, waves, etc and the upper floors have birds and the / a sky. Piranesi is a man who lives in a labyrinth-like house of apparently infinite rooms filled with statues.
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