An undisputed classic of epic fantasy, Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels represent one of the most brilliantly sustained flights of Gothic imagination. For the first time in years, Titus Groan , the first book in this timeless series, is available in an individual paperback volume, complete with striking new packaging. As the novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave...
An undisputed classic of epic fantasy, Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels represent one of the most brilliantly sustained flights of Gothic imagination. For the first time in years, Titus Groan , the first book in this timeless series, is available in an individual paperback volume, complete with striking new packaging. As the novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born. He stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that form Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual whose origins are lost in history and the castle is peopled by dark characters in half-lit corridors. Dreamlike and macabre, Peake's extraordinary novel is one of the most astonishing and fantastic works in modern English fiction.
皮克先是在天津中小學受教育,後來回英國就讀倫敦東南區的艾薩姆學院(Eltham College),這也是《歌門鬼城》「貝爾葛洛夫學院」的原型。皮克因擁有繪畫天分,先後進入克洛登藝術學院(Croydon School of Art)及皇家學院(Royal Academy School)就讀。之後他在多家畫廊展示畫作,成績斐然,也任教於威斯特敏斯藝術學院。他在那裡與畫家瑪耶芙‧吉摩爾(Maeve Gilmore)相遇,兩人於1937年完婚,育有三子。
二次世界大戰期間,他人雖入伍服役,卻以替《騎木馬》(Ride a Cock Horse,1940...
皮克先是在天津中小學受教育,後來回英國就讀倫敦東南區的艾薩姆學院(Eltham College),這也是《歌門鬼城》「貝爾葛洛夫學院」的原型。皮克因擁有繪畫天分,先後進入克洛登藝術學院(Croydon School of Art)及皇家學院(Royal Academy School)就讀。之後他在多家畫廊展示畫作,成績斐然,也任教於威斯特敏斯藝術學院。他在那裡與畫家瑪耶芙‧吉摩爾(Maeve Gilmore)相遇,兩人於1937年完婚,育有三子。
二次世界大戰期間,他人雖入伍服役,卻以替《騎木馬》(Ride a Cock Horse,1940)、《獵捕史納克》(The Hunting of the Snark,1941)和《古舟子詠》(The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,1943)等書所繪時而優美、時而駭人的插圖,被譽為天才插畫家,還包括《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》(Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,1946)、《格林童話》(Household Tales,1946)以及《金銀島》(Treasure Island,1949)等。
《泰忒斯誕生》與《歌門鬼城》先後於1946及1950年出版;這兩部著作挑戰文體分類原則,以華麗的散文展現鉅細靡遺的觀察力以及對怪異風格的熱情,風格一如皮克的插畫作品。其他著作包括《形狀與聲音》(Shapes and Sounds,1941)等數部詩集、《無理韻文》(Rhymes Without Reason,1944)和《怪叔叔的來信》(Letters from a Lost Uncle)等,以及《派先生》(Mr. Pye,1953)這部以皮克偶爾旅居的薩克島(Sark)為背景、充滿弦外之音的小說。他也撰寫多部劇本,包括《求愛的才智》(The Wit to Woo,1957)--但因本劇遭受空前挫敗而使他精神崩潰。
歌門鬼城家族小說的第三部曲,當時據出版商的說法,也是他最部一部小說《泰忒斯獨行》在1959年出版。皮克原本打算對泰忒斯多做著墨,但因陳年痼疾而無法實現。他最後作品是為巴札克(Balzac)《滑稽故事》(Droll Stories,1961)等一些書籍繪製插圖,以及他在大戰期間所寫的長篇敘事詩:《飛行炸彈之詩》(The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb,1962)。他於1968年去世,但畢生心血仍有許多未及完成。
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