Mervyn Peake

Equipped with love, Mr Harold Pye lands on the island of Sark, his mission to convert the islanders into a crusading force for the undiluted goodness that he feels within. The extraordinary inhabitants of the island range from the formidable Miss George in her purple busby to the wanton, raven-haired Tintagieu, 'five …

Born and brought to the edge of manhood in the huge, rotting castle of Gormenghast, Titus Groan has rebelled against the age-old rituals and run headlong into the outside world.

"In a world bound by iron laws and dead rituals, two young men are struggling to make their way: Steerpike, the renegade kitchen-boy who seduces and murders his way up the social ladder, and Titus Groan, heir to Gormenghast, who comes to threaten its very existence." John Constable 'pulled off the impossible' (The …

Apriamo questo libro e ci troviamo in un mondo parallelo al nostro. È Gormenghast, un immane castello, che nessuno dei suoi abitatori ha percorso in tutti i suoi anfratti. Un tempo, doveva essere pieno di tinte squillanti: ora è un intreccio di crepe, e le tinte sfumano fra grigio, verde lichene, rosa antico e …