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Synopsis
The first volume of the GORMENGHAST trilogy of fantasy novels. Titus Groan is born the heir to Gormenghast castle, and finds himself in a world predetermined by complex rituals that have been made obscure by the passage of time. Along the corridors of the castle, the child encounters some of the dark characters who will shape his life.
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Biographie de l'auteur
Mervyn Peake was born in 1911 in Kuling, Central Southern China, where his father was a medical missionary. His education began in China and then continued at Eltham College in South East London, followed by the Croydon School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. Subsequently he became an artist, married the painter Maeve Gilmore in 1937 and had three children. During the Second World War he established a reputation as a gifted book illustrator for Ride a Cock Horse (1940), The Hunting of the Snark (1941), and The Rime of The Ancient Mariner (1943). Titus Groan was published in 1946, followed in 1950 by Gormenghast. Among his other works are Shapes and Sounds (1941), Rhymes Without Reason (1944), Letters from a Lost Uncle (1948) and Mr Pye (1953). He also wrote a number of plays including The Wit to Woo (1957), which was met by critical failure. Titus Alone was published in 1959. Mervyn Peake died in 1968.
Revue de presse
"Mr Peake's first novel holds one with its glittering eye - It has a genuine plot in the strictest sense, and it persuades you to read on simply in order to know what will happen - its gallery of characters is wonderful" (Nation)
"A gorgeous volcanic eruption... A work of extraordinary imagination" (New Yorker)
"The Gormenghast Trilogy is one of the most important works of the imagination to come out of [this] age" (Anthony Burgess Spectator)
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Titus Groan (The Gormenghast trilogy)
Edité par
Eyre Methuen, London, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0413441709
ISBN 13 : 9780413441706
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. 2nd Edition. Light edge wear to the cover.U6. N° de réf. du vendeur 017226
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Titus Groan
Edité par
Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1977
ISBN 10 : 0413441709
ISBN 13 : 9780413441706
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
Vendeur : Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. This is a Very Good Copy of this hardcover Book in green cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good dust-jacket which has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clipped and there are no previous ownership inscriptions present.The book has some foxing present to the page edges.A Very respectable copy of this highly collected and sought after title,8vo 506pp This is the 4th Impression Reprint of the Reset and Illustrated Edition [1977]. N° de réf. du vendeur 84941
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