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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.
马尔文•皮克(Mervyn Peake,1911-1968),英国诗人、小说家、画家兼剧作家。1911年出生于中国,先在天津中小学接受教育,后回国就读于伦敦东南区艾萨姆学院,这是《歌门鬼城》中“贝尔葛洛夫学院”的原型。皮克因拥有绘画天分,先后进入克洛登艺术学院(Croydon School of Art)及皇家学院(Royal Academy School)就读。之后他在多家画廊展示画作,成绩斐然,也任教于威斯特敏斯艺术学院。他在那里与画家玛耶芙‧吉摩尔(Maeve Gilmore)相遇,两人于1937年完婚,育有三子。
二次世界大战期间,他人虽入伍服役,却以替《骑木马》(Ride a Cock Horse,1940)、《猎捕史纳克》(The Hunting of the Snark,1941)和《古舟子咏》(The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,1943)等书所绘时而优美、时而骇人的插图,被誉为天才插画家,还包括《艾丽斯梦游仙境》(Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,1946)、《格林童话》(Household Tales,1946)以及《金银岛》(Treasure Island,1949)等。
《泰忒斯诞生》与《歌门鬼城》先后于1946及1950年出版;这两部著作挑战文体分类原则,以华丽的散文展现巨细靡遗的观察力以及对怪异风格的热情,风格一如皮克的插画作品。其它著作包括《形状与声音》(Shapes and Sounds,1941)等数部诗集、《无理韵文》(Rhymes Without Reason,1944)和《怪叔叔的来信》(Letters from a Lost Uncle)等,以及《派先生》(Mr. Pye,1953)这部以皮克偶尔旅居的萨克岛(Sark)为背景、充满弦外之音的小说。他也撰写多部剧本,包括《求爱的才智》(The Wit to Woo,1957)--但因本剧遭受空前挫败而使他精神崩溃。
歌门鬼城家族小说的第三部曲,当时据出版商的说法,也是他最部一部小说《泰忒斯独行》在1959年出版。皮克原本打算对泰忒斯多做着墨,但因陈年痼疾而无法实现。他最后作品是为巴札克(Balzac)《滑稽故事》(Droll Stories,1961)等一些书籍绘制插图,以及他在大战期间所写的长篇叙事诗:《飞行炸弹之诗》(The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb,1962)。他于1968年去世,但毕生心血仍有许多未及完成。
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Titus Groan pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024