5/21/2023 0 Comments Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake![]() ![]() The novels, full of sensuous and unhurried visual description, are set in the castle Gormenghast, a place immersed in its codes, rituals, traditions, and history. He is most recognized for his books Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950), and Titus Alone (1959), known together as the Gormenghast trilogy. More than a fantasy writer, Peake (1911–1968) was a prolific painter, illustrator, writer, and poet. Peake’s many admirers include Graham Greene, Dylan Thomas, Laurence Olivier, Anthony Burgess, Terry Pratchett, Michael Moorcock, Joanne Harris, Iain Sinclair, and Neil Gaiman. Despite that, his work has maintained a cult following since the publication of Titus Groan. Still, his more well-known contemporaries, the fantasy writers J. The novels of Peake have been described as the cornerstone of postwar fantasy literature. ![]() ![]() Like many of the author’s admirers, the man was surprised more readers hadn’t discovered him. He told me that he had first read the novel when he was 15 and was drawn to the richness and depth of Peake’s characters and invented worlds. “That is a fantastic book,” he boomed, breaking the morning silence on the commuter train. Recently, an English man on the underground in London noticed I was reading Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake. ![]()
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