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Mervyn Peake (1911–1968)

Auteur van The Gormenghast Trilogy

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The Gormenghast Trilogy (1967) 4,365 exemplaren
De bestemming (1946) 4,075 exemplaren
De Beslissing (1950) 2,676 exemplaren
De Beproeving (1959) 2,048 exemplaren
Mr Pye (1953) 454 exemplaren
Titus Awakes (2011) 250 exemplaren
A Book of Nonsense (1972) 181 exemplaren
Peake's Progress (1978) 157 exemplaren
Letters from a Lost Uncle (1948) 151 exemplaren
Boy in Darkness (1956) — Auteur — 140 exemplaren
The Inner Landscape (1969) 120 exemplaren
Boy in Darkness and Other Stories (2007) 96 exemplaren
Figures of Speech (2003) 49 exemplaren
Collected Poems (2008) 48 exemplaren
Selected Poems (1972) 46 exemplaren
Writings and Drawings (1974) 35 exemplaren
The drawings of Mervyn Peake (1974) 24 exemplaren
Complete Nonsense (2011) 21 exemplaren
The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb (1962) 17 exemplaren
The Craft of the Lead Pencil (1946) 15 exemplaren
Rhymes Without Reason (1944) 10 exemplaren
Shapes and sounds (1974) 7 exemplaren
The Glassblowers (1950) 7 exemplaren
Sketches from "Bleak House" (1983) — Illustrator — 5 exemplaren
Titus Groan and Gormenghast [BBC Radio Collection] (1985) — Creator — 3 exemplaren
Same Time, Same Place 3 exemplaren
Gormenghast / Titus Alone (1950) 2 exemplaren
Gormenghast: A Fantasy Opera (2000) — Creator — 2 exemplaren
Titus dans les ténèbres (1995) 2 exemplaren
Uriel for president 1 exemplaar
Lettere dal Polo Nord (2003) 1 exemplaar
Titus 1 exemplaar
Gormenghast the Game (2013) 1 exemplaar
Mundos Paralelos 1 exemplaar
Twelve Poems, 1939-60 (1975) 1 exemplaar
11 Poems 1 exemplaar

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All This and Bevin Too. With Drawings by Mervyn Peake. (1978) — Illustrator — 4 exemplaren
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finishing this feels like I've accomplished something, but unfortunately, it was something meaningless.
 
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danielskatz | 98 andere besprekingen | Dec 26, 2023 |
Ultimo volume della trilogia di Gormenghast (non per scelta ma per il deteriorarsi delle condizioni di salute dell'autore), che riprende esattamente da dove ci eravamo fermati: col giovane Tito che scappa dal regno e dai suoi doveri in cerca di qualcosa che neanche lui sa definire.
Devo ammettere che ero scettica, Gormenghast è una presenza così preponderante negli altri libri che temevo se ne avvertisse troppo la mancanza; per fortuna Peake è stato abilissimo nel giocare con questa mancanza in modo da renderla viva e palpabile: "l'assenza" di Gormenghast diventa uno dei temi portanti del romanzo, con Tito che si strugge di nostalgia e al tempo stesso comincia a dubitare della veridicità dei suoi ricordi. Quello del protagonista in fondo è un viaggio più simbolico che reale, durante il quale tramite il classico meccanismo di caduta e risalita non troverà risposte ma se stesso. Niente paura però, il focus stavolta potrà essere più introspettivo ma non rimarremo mai a corto di luoghi immaginifici e personaggi grotteschi, che si muovono su quella linea sottile al confine tra il grandioso ed il patetico tanto cara all'autore.
Proprio per la sovrabbondanza di ambienti e persone l'inizio può risultare frammentario e ci vorrà un po' prima di entrare nel vivo, ma saremo ripagati da un'ultima parte molto intensa in cui tutti i nodi verranno al pettine.
Tirando le somme forse qui non troveremo il fascino descrittivo del primo volume (ma per fortuna neanche quella prosa iperbarocca) o la potenza narrativa del secondo che è inarrivabile, ma la considero una conclusione più che degna per una trilogia che è riuscita a fare dell'originalità il suo punto di forza.
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Lilirose_ | 32 andere besprekingen | Dec 9, 2023 |
I liked this book but I will admit it is not going to be for everyone. It moves at a languid pace. The words are as important as any story that is going on. For me it was a lot like reading an over the top fantasy novel that Dickens might have written. Only Dickens made his writing more accessible.

I can see the roots of a lot of writers I really like in this book though (China Mieville for instance). I am glad I finally read it and will work my way through the other books but this is going to be a series I will not read straight through.… (meer)
 
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cdaley | 98 andere besprekingen | Nov 2, 2023 |
The artwork is gorgeous! The story is not as good as I remember from childhood, I couldn’t help just feeling bad for Jackson.
 
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