Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake - Couverture rigide

Peake, Mervyn Laurence

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0879511214 ISBN 13 : 9780879511210

Editeur : Viking Pr, 1981

Synopsis

First US edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Complete DJ but has heavy sun fading to spine and fore edges

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) was a prolific and astonishingly original writer and artist, who touched at one time or another on almost every literary form. Peake¹s Progress is a selection, compiled by his widow, Maeve Gilmore, from every period of his work as a writer and draughtsman. It contains a remarkable work from childhood. ?The White Chief of the ?Umzimbooboo Kaffirs,¹ the early ?Mr. Slaughterboard,¹ which foreshadows the Titus books, two plays, ?the Wit to Woo¹ and ?Noah¹s Ark,¹ a broadcast version of ?Mr. Pye,¹ and a generous selection of Peake¹s short stories, poems and nonsense verses as well as his drawings. Including a new preface written by Mervyn Peake¹s son, Sebastian, this edition of Peake¹s Progress is published to coincide with the centenary of Peake¹s birth.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) the immensely talented writer, artist, poet and playwright,is best-known for his gothic masterpiece, the Gormenghast trilogy, and his stunning illustrations for Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass. He was a prolific and astonishingly original writer, who touched at one time or another on almost every literary form.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Viking Pr
• Date d'édition: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0879511214
• ISBN 13: 9780879511210
• Reliure: Relié