Titus Awakes: A Novel (Gormenghast, 4)

Gilmore, Maeve; Peake, Mervyn

3.22

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9781511365352: Titus Awakes: A Novel (Gormenghast, 4)

ISBN 10: 1511365358 ISBN 13: 9781511365352

Publisher: Brilliance Audio, 2016

In Titus Awakes the 77th Earl of Groan leaves the crumbling castle of Gormenghast and finds the larger world even stranger than his birthplace. Confronted by elemental and human threats—snowstorms, shipwrecks and attempts on his life—Titus’ bravery is tested and he must fight to free himself from the claims of his past.

Peake began this fourth and final volume of the Gormenghast stories but died having only written a few pages. Using notes and the fragments he left behind, his wife, the writer and painter Maeve Gilmore, has created a richly imagined sequel that fans of The Gormenghast Trilogy will delight in.

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About the Author:

Maeve Gilmore (1918-1983) was a painter, sculptor, and writer. She married Mervyn Peake, author of the Gormenghast novels, in 1937. She is the author of A World Away, and the editor of Peake's Progress.

Review:

Praise for Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels:

"A gorgeous, volcanic eruption . . . a work of extraordinary imagination." --"The New Yorker"

"A very, very great work . . . a classic of our age." --Robertson Davies, author of "Fifth Business"

"A fancy of such freshness, variety, and visionary power . . . Mervyn Peake liberates and elevates as well as charms." --"The New York Times"

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