3.9/5
Dette er en fantastisk, gotisk fantasy med de rareste karakterene som kan måle seg med Dark Crystal. Den er rar, sær og rett og slett poetisk skrevet, med veldig gode skildringer av karakterene og slottet Gormenghast som gjør dette til en visuell reise. Dette er en must read for de som liker rar, mørk, eldre fantasy!
- Mia, bokansvarlig, Outland Oslo
'Gormenghast is, to my mind and to my taste, a perfect creation' Neil Gaiman
Welcome to the world of Gormenghast, the classic fantasy series from the imagination of Mervyn Peake
As the first novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born: he stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that stand for Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual, lost in history, understood only by Sourdust, Lord of the Library. There are tears and strange laughter; fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings; dreams and violence and disenchantment contained within a labyrinth of stone.
'A gorgeous volcanic eruption... A work of extraordinary imagination' New Yorker