![]() Among his papers she found what she assumed to be the beginning of a fourth book in the Gormenghast series a. Gormenghast will provide a glimpse into our own world, and even though it's not always pretty, it's always done in beautiful colors. Titus Awakes was begun by Mervyn Peake’s widow two years after his death in 1968. ![]() I would rather see it as a fantastic movie, where the laws of the "normal" world aren't broken - just a little bent out of shape. ![]() It has no or few classic fantasy elements at all in it. Some has been left out, of course, but there's still plenty of material left to build the characters of the story. (Although I would have loved to see this in a cinema!) Good actors and an excitingly stylistic production makes this a worthwhile four hours. volume of Peakes titanic and sublimely ornate Gormenghast trilogy. Gormanghast is the vast crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is Lord. ![]() So what do I think about the mini series? Well, obviously no one would dare do what Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema did with the aforementioned movie, so I guess a four part mini series was the next best thing. Gothic and sprawling, the ancient castle Gormenghast is the centerpiece of a kingdom. To me, the story of Titus Groan, 77'th earl of Gormenghast, is one that can actually compete with Tolkien's "The Lord Of The Rings". ![]() I've read Mervyn Peake's books over and over again. ![]()
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