Mervyn Peake

A gothic odyssey beyond the walls of Gormenghast, where the shadows of the past collide with a world that does not remember them. Titus Awakes continues the story of Titus Groan, the 77th Earl of Gormenghast, as he ventures beyond the crumbling walls of his ancestral castle into a surreal and shifting world. Originally conceived by Mervyn Peake as the fourth volume in the Gormenghast series, the novel was left unfinished due to Peake's illness. Decades later, Peake's widow, Maeve Gilmore, completed the narrative in a lyrical and haunting manuscript discovered by the family and published in 2010. As Titus wanders through landscapes both real and imagined, encountering echoes of his past and visions of the future, Titus Awakes becomes a meditation on identity, freedom, and the enduring power of imagination. A dreamlike journey through memory, exile, and the search for self, Titus Awakes is an imaginative coda to a literary masterpiece. It is a poignant farewell to one of literature's most enigmatic protagonists-and a tribute to the creative legacy of the Peake family. "A treasure salvaged from the ruins...a strikingly imaginative coda to Peake's masterwork." -New Statesman

In Titus Awakes the 77th Earl of Groan leaves the crumbling castle of Gormenghast and finds the larger world even stranger than his birthplace. Using notes and the fragments he left behind, his wife, the painter and writer Maeve Gilmore, has created a richly imagined sequel that fans of The Gormenghast Trilogy will delight in.

Master zakhvatyvajuschego povestvovanija, iskusnyj znatok prirody i dvizhenij chelovecheskoj dushi, Mervin Pik (1911-1968) - jarkaja figura anglijskoj literatury. Mirovuju slavu emu prines tsikl knig o Tituse Groane, v kotorom perepletajutsja fantazija, grotesk, elementy satiry i glubochajshij psikhologizm. Roman o mrachnom, tainstvennom Zamke i molodom naslednike drevnego roda byl otmechen premiej britanskogo Korolevskogo literaturnogo obschestva i voshel v spisok 200 luchshikh knig po versii BBC, davno stav klassikoj.Sozdavaja goticheskuju atmosferu uzhasa, krasoty i velichija, avtor pogruzhaet chitatelja v trans. Kharakternyj jazyk napolnjaet istoriju osobym zvuchaniem. Prozu Pika neredko sravnivajut s proizvedenijami Kafki, Po, Svifta i Dikkensa.Trilogija stala osnovoj dlja seriala BBC "Temnoe korolevstvo" (rezh. Endi Uilson, 2000 g.). Gotovitsja novaja ekranizatsija (prodjusery Nil Gejman i Akiva Goldsman).Spetsialnoe izdanie trilogii "Gormengast" v perevode Sergeja Ilina c illjustratsijami Mervina Pika i oformleniem oblozhki Meethos - eto dolgozhdannyj podarok vsem poklonnikam tsikla i fantastiki v tselom.Kniga I. Titus GroanVelichestvennyj i nepristupnyj zamok Gormengast - dom drevnego korolevskogo roda Groan. Zdes vse podchineno strogim ritualam. No s rozhdeniem molodogo naslednika, Titusa Groana, privychnyj khod veschej i zatjanuvsheesja bezmolvie narushajut stremitelnye peremeny, grozjaschie unichtozhit starinnuju dinastiju.Perevodchik: Ilin Sergej Borisovich, Glebovskaja AleksandraKhudozhnik: Pik Mervin

Master zakhvatyvajuschego povestvovanija, iskusnyj znatok prirody i dvizhenij chelovecheskoj dushi, Mervin Pik (1911-1968) - jarkaja figura anglijskoj literatury. Mirovuju slavu emu prines tsikl knig o Tituse Groane, v kotorom perepletajutsja fantazija, grotesk, elementy satiry i glubochajshij psikhologizm. Roman o mrachnom, tainstvennom Zamke i molodom naslednike drevnego roda byl otmechen premiej britanskogo Korolevskogo literaturnogo obschestva i voshel v spisok 200 luchshikh knig po versii BBC, davno stav klassikoj.Sozdavaja goticheskuju atmosferu uzhasa, krasoty i velichija, avtor pogruzhaet chitatelja v trans. Kharakternyj jazyk napolnjaet istoriju osobym zvuchaniem. Prozu Pika neredko sravnivajut s proizvedenijami Kafki, Po, Svifta i Dikkensa.Trilogija stala osnovoj dlja seriala BBC "Temnoe korolevstvo" (rezh. Endi Uilson, 2000 g.). Gotovitsja novaja ekranizatsija (prodjusery Nil Gejman i Akiva Goldsman).Spetsialnoe izdanie trilogii "Gormengast" v perevode Sergeja Ilina c illjustratsijami Mervina Pika i oformleniem oblozhki Meethos - eto dolgozhdannyj podarok vsem poklonnikam tsikla i fantastiki v tselom.Kniga III. Titus odinTretja kniga iz tsikla romanov o zamke Gormengast - istorija o beskonechnykh skitanijakh Titusa Groana. Po pravu rozhdenija ego mesto v etom mire opredeleno, on - olitsetvorenie vlasti, bezgranichnoj i bessmyslennoj. V poiskakh svobody on ubegaet ot svoego prednaznachenija - proch iz Zamka. No prineset li pobeg zhelaemoe?Perevodchik: Ilin Sergej Borisovich, Glebovskaja AleksandraKhudozhnik: Pik Mervin

Master zakhvatyvajuschego povestvovanija, iskusnyj znatok prirody i dvizhenij chelovecheskoj dushi, Mervin Pik (1911-1968) - jarkaja figura anglijskoj literatury. Mirovuju slavu emu prines tsikl knig o Tituse Groane, v kotorom perepletajutsja fantazija, grotesk, elementy satiry i glubochajshij psikhologizm. Roman o mrachnom, tainstvennom Zamke i molodom naslednike drevnego roda byl otmechen premiej britanskogo Korolevskogo literaturnogo obschestva i voshel v spisok 200 luchshikh knig po versii BBC, davno stav klassikoj.Sozdavaja goticheskuju atmosferu uzhasa, krasoty i velichija, avtor pogruzhaet chitatelja v trans. Kharakternyj jazyk napolnjaet istoriju osobym zvuchaniem. Prozu Pika neredko sravnivajut s proizvedenijami Kafki, Po, Svifta i Dikkensa.Trilogija stala osnovoj dlja seriala BBC "Temnoe korolevstvo" (rezh. Endi Uilson, 2000 g.). Gotovitsja novaja ekranizatsija (prodjusery Nil Gejman i Akiva Goldsman).Spetsialnoe izdanie trilogii "Gormengast" v perevode Sergeja Ilina c illjustratsijami Mervina Pika i oformleniem oblozhki Meethos - eto dolgozhdannyj podarok vsem poklonnikam tsikla i fantastiki v tselom.Kniga II. GormengastZhizn molodogo naslednika starinnogo korolevskogo roda Groan omrachena zhestokimi ritualami, intrigami i smertjami. Ugroza iskhodit ot kovarnogo Stirpajka, kotorym dvizhut alchnost i zhazhda vlasti. Obajaniem, khitrostju i siloj on khochet podchinit sebe obitatelej ugrjumogo Zamka. I tolko khrupkij prints Titus mozhet protivostojat uzurpatoru. Kto zhe oderzhit verkh? Ustojat li drevnie steny Gormengasta?Perevodchik: Ilin Sergej BorisovichKhudozhnik: Pik Mervin

Gormeghast

"Malchik vo mgle" - pervoe russkojazychnoe izdanie sbornika rasskazov klassika anglijskoj literatury Mervina Pika, avtora trilogii "Gormengast". Eta kniga - tanets smerti privychnogo nam vzgljada na mir. Eta kniga - priglashenie v dikovinnoe puteshestvie daleko za predely Gormengasta. Polejte palmu pered vykhodom. Vstrechaemsja togda zhe, tam zhe.

Lost in the frozen polar wastes, an explorer huddles in his shelter, typing, with frozen fingers, the story of his lonely, extraordinary exploits, preparing to send the story to the nephew he has never seen. With his only companion, the tortoise-like mutant Jackson, the Uncle has gone in search of his ambition and his destiny: the awesome and mysterious White Lion. Illustrated on every page with stunning, beautiful, eerie original drawings, "Letters from a Lost Uncle" is the product of a unique imagination and a distillation of all that is most powerful in the strange genius of Mervyn Peake. Painstakingly re-originated from Peake's original artwork and typescript, this edition celebrates the centenary of Mervyn Peake's birth in 2011 and is re-issued alongside Peake's illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" (Methuen ISBN 978 0413 777140).

Intoxicating, rich, and unique, The Gormenghast Trilogy is a tour de force that ranks as one of the 20th century's most remarkable feats of imaginative writing. This special illustrated edition is accompanied by over 100 of Peake's dazzling drawings. Titus is expected to rule this extraordinary kingdom and his eccentric and wayward subjects. But with the arrival of an ambitious kitchen boy, Steerpike, the established order is thrown into disarray. Over the course of these three novels--Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone--Titus must contend with a kingdom about to implode beneath the weight of centuries of intrigue, treachery, manipulation, and murder. "A gorgeous, volcanic eruption . . . a work of extraordinary imagination." --The New Yorker "The true fantasy classic of our time." --Washington Post "His inventiveness, his ingenuity, and his humor are astonishing." --San Francisco Chronicle

'Nonsense', wrote Mervyn Peake, 'can take you by the hand and lead you nowhere. It's magic'. Peake (1911-68) is one of the great English nonsense poets, in the tradition of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. His verses lead the reader into places where cause is cut free of effect and language takes on a giddy life of its own. Malicious bowler hats threaten their owners, a cake is chased across an ocean by a rakish knife, aunts become flatfish or live on sphagnum moss. Fully annotated, with a detailed introduction, "Complete Nonsense" contains all the poems and illustrations previously published in Peake's "Book of Nonsense" (1972), with forty unpublished poems discovered in manuscripts and thirty from other uncollected sources, including all the nonsense verses from his novels. It reprints complete - for the first time and in colour - the words and images from "Rhymes without Reason" (1944), and Peake's comic masterpiece "Figures of Speech" (1954). All the poems have been newly edited, often from Peake's manuscripts, by Robert Maslen, editor of Peake's "Collected Poems" (Carcanet), and Peter Winnington, the leading Peake scholar and biographer. Peake wrote of the rare art that 'glitters with the divine lunacy we call nonsense': "Complete Nonsense" glitters with Peake's benign and wayward imagination.

Showcasing another quirky side of the author best known for his monumental fantasy trilogy, Gormenghast, this collection contains pieces recently discovered by the Peake family From the macabre to the brilliantly off-beat, Mervyn Peake's nonsense verse can, like marzipan, be enjoyed by young and old alike. This collection of writings and drawings has been selected by his widow, Maeve Gilmore, and it introduces a bewitching gallery of characters and creatures rivalling the best of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear--creatures such as the Dwarf of Battersea and Footfruit. Also included are never-before-seen illustrations to the poems not in previous editions. This treasure trove will delight new and old fans alike with its deceptively goofy, actually quite complex verse--it's quirky and comical, occasionally alarming, but always magical.

It is forty years since the death of Mervyn Peake (1911-68), the author of the much-loved "Gormenghast" novels. To mark the anniversary this first comprehensive edition of Peake's poetry is published. Of the more than 230 poems in the collection, over 80 are printed for the first time. Peake emerges as a compelling poet, with an acute sense of his responsibilities as an artist, passionately engaged with current events, from unemployment in the 1930s to the horrors of the London Blitz and the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. He is also a fine love-poet and a sensitive observer of the human form. Readers who love the world of Peake's novels, and those who are new to his work, will discover here one of the great originals of the twentieth century.

"A startling and unusual creation by an author who had imagination to burn and burn again. A feat of storytelling unmatched in wit or imagination." --SFF180 As the novel opens, Titus, lord of Castle Gormenghast, has abdicated his throne. Born and brought to the edge of manhood in the huge, rotting castle, Titus rebels against the age-old ritual of which he is both lord and prisoner and rushes headlong into the world. From that moment forward, he is thrust into a stormy land of a dark imagination, where figures and landscapes loom up with the force and vividness of a dream--or a nightmare. This final installment in the Gormenghast Trilogy is a fantastic triumph--a conquest awash in imagination, terror, and charm. Introduction by David Louis Edelman Praise for the Gormenghast Trilogy: "There is nothing in literature like Mervyn Peake's remarkable Gormenghast novels . . . They were crafted by a master, who was also an artist, and they take us to an ancient castle as big as a city, with heroes and villains and people larger than life that are impossible to forget." --Neil Gaiman " Peake's books] are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience." --C. S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia "His inventiveness, his ingenuity, and his humor are astonishing." --San Francisco Chronicle

"The true fantasy classic of our time." --Washington Post Book World For generations of fantasy fans, this masterpiece ranks as one of the 20th century's most remarkable feats of imaginative writing. A young earl's future in a sprawling castle could be changed by a feral girl and a cunning servant in this acclaimed gothic fantasy trilogy's second entry. Titus Groan is seven years old, lord and heir to the crumbling castle Gormenghast. A gothic labyrinth of roofs and turrets, cloisters and corridors, stairwells and dungeons, it is also the cobwebbed kingdom of Byzantine government and age-old rituals, a world primed to implode beneath the weight of centuries of intrigue, treachery, and death. Steerpike, who began his climb across the roofs when Titus was born, is now ascending the spiral staircase to the heart of the castle, and in his wake lie imprisonment, manipulation, and murder . . . Gormenghast is the second volume in Mervyn Peake's acclaimed Gormenghast trilogy, but it's much more than a sequel to Titus Groan--it's an enrichment and deepening of that book. Introduction by Tad Williams Afterword by Quentin Crisp Praise for the Gormenghast Trilogy: "There is nothing in literature like Mervyn Peake's remarkable Gormenghast novels . . . They were crafted by a master, who was also an artist, and they take us to an ancient castle as big as a city, with heroes and villains and people larger than life that are impossible to forget." --Neil Gaiman " Peake's books] are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience." --C. S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia "His inventiveness, his ingenuity, and his humor are astonishing." --San Francisco Chronicle

Dreamlike and macabre, Mervyn Peake's extraordinary novel Titus Groan--first in the Gormenghast Trilogy--is one of the most astonishing and fantastic works in modern fiction. 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. Meanwhile, far away and in the kitchen, a servant named Steerpike escapes his drudgework and begins an auspicious ascent to power. Inside of Gormenghast, all events are predetermined by complex rituals, the origins of which are lost in time--and the castle is peopled by dark characters in half-lit corridors. Introduction by Anthony Burgess Praise for the Gormenghast Trilogy: "There is nothing in literature like Mervyn Peake's remarkable Gormenghast novels . . . They were crafted by a master, who was also an artist, and they take us to an ancient castle as big as a city, with heroes and villains and people larger than life that are impossible to forget." --Neil Gaiman " Peake's books] are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience." --C. S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia "His inventiveness, his ingenuity, and his humor are astonishing." --San Francisco Chronicle

This work is adapted from Mervyn Peake's great gothic trilogy, a fantastical world comes to life. In one extraordinary evening of physical theatre you will enter a world of grotesque characters, fantastic ritual and heart-rending drama. It is not for the faint-hearted. David Glass Ensemble revives its award-winning production - one of its greatest hits of the 1990's. "Gormenghast" opens at the Lighthouse Theatre, Poole in May 2006.

Equipped with love, Mr Harold Pye lands on the island of Sark, his mission to convert the islanders into a crusading force for the undiluted goodness that he feels within. The extraordinary inhabitants of the island range from the formidable Miss George in her purple busby to the wanton, raven-haired Tintagieu, 'five foot three inches of sex'.