内容简介
Asthefirstnovelopens,Titus,heirtoLordSepulchrave,hasjustbeenborn:hestandstoinheritthemilesoframblingstoneandmortarthatstandforGormenghastCastle.Inside,alleventsarepredeterminedbyacomplexritual,lostinhistory,understoodonlybySourdust,LordoftheLibrary.Therearetearsandstrangelaughter;fiercebirthsanddeathsbeneathumbrageousceilings;dreamsandviolenceanddisenchantmentcontainedwithinalabyrinthofstone.
作者简介
MervynPeakewasbornin1911inKuling,CentralSouthernChina,wherehisfatherwasamedicalmissionary.HiseducationbeganinChinaandthencontinuedatElthamCollegeinSouthEastLondon,followedbytheCroydonSchoolofArtandtheRoyalAcademySchools.Subsequentlyhebecameanartist,marriedthepainterMaeveGilmorein1937andhadthreechildren.DuringtheSecondWorldWarheestablishedareputationasagiftedbookillustratorforRideaCockHorse(1940),TheHuntingoftheSnark(1941),andTheRimeofTheAncientMariner(1943).OtherbooksincludeAlice'sAdventure'sinWonderlandandGrimm'sHouseholdTales(both1946)andTreasureIsland(1949).TitusGroanwaspublishedin1946,followedin1950byGormenghast.AmonghisotherworksareShapesandSounds(1941),RhymesWithoutReason(1944),LettersfromaLostUncle(1948)andMrPye(1953).HealsowroteanumberofplaysincludingTheWittoWoo(1957),whichwasmetbycriticalfailure.TitusAlonewaspublishedin1959.MervynPeakediedin1968.(20050107)
