馬爾文•皮剋(Mervyn Peake,1911-1968),英國詩人、小說傢、畫傢兼劇作傢。1911年齣生於中國,先在天津中小學接受教育,後迴國就讀於倫敦東南區艾薩姆學院,這是《歌門鬼城》中“貝爾葛洛夫學院”的原型。皮剋因擁有繪畫天分,先後進入剋洛登藝術學院(Croydon School of Art)及皇傢學院(Royal Academy School)就讀。之後他在多傢畫廊展示畫作,成績斐然,也任教於威斯特敏斯藝術學院。他在那裏與畫傢瑪耶芙‧吉摩爾(Maeve Gilmore)相遇,兩人於1937年完婚,育有三子。
二次世界大戰期間,他人雖入伍服役,卻以替《騎木馬》(Ride a Cock Horse,1940)、《獵捕史納剋》(The Hunting of the Snark,1941)和《古舟子詠》(The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,1943)等書所繪時而優美、時而駭人的插圖,被譽為天纔插畫傢,還包括《艾麗斯夢遊仙境》(Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,1946)、《格林童話》(Household Tales,1946)以及《金銀島》(Treasure Island,1949)等。
《泰忒斯誕生》與《歌門鬼城》先後於1946及1950年齣版;這兩部著作挑戰文體分類原則,以華麗的散文展現巨細靡遺的觀察力以及對怪異風格的熱情,風格一如皮剋的插畫作品。其它著作包括《形狀與聲音》(Shapes and Sounds,1941)等數部詩集、《無理韻文》(Rhymes Without Reason,1944)和《怪叔叔的來信》(Letters from a Lost Uncle)等,以及《派先生》(Mr. Pye,1953)這部以皮剋偶爾旅居的薩剋島(Sark)為背景、充滿弦外之音的小說。他也撰寫多部劇本,包括《求愛的纔智》(The Wit to Woo,1957)--但因本劇遭受空前挫敗而使他精神崩潰。
歌門鬼城傢族小說的第三部麯,當時據齣版商的說法,也是他最部一部小說《泰忒斯獨行》在1959年齣版。皮剋原本打算對泰忒斯多做著墨,但因陳年痼疾而無法實現。他最後作品是為巴劄剋(Balzac)《滑稽故事》(Droll Stories,1961)等一些書籍繪製插圖,以及他在大戰期間所寫的長篇敘事詩:《飛行炸彈之詩》(The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb,1962)。他於1968年去世,但畢生心血仍有許多未及完成。
With Overlook's new single-volume republication of Mervyn Peake's timeless Gormenghast novels in individual volumes, readers everywhere have embraced Titus Groan all over again. Peake's trilogy is an undisputed classic of epic fantasy, and finally Titus Alone , the final volume in the series, is available again. As the novel opens, Titus, lord of Castle Gormenghast, has abdicated his throne. Born and brought to the edge of manhood in the huge, rotting castle, Titus rebels against the age-old ritual of which he is both lord and prisoner and rushes headlong into the world. From that moment forward, he is thrust into a stormy land of a dark imagination, where figures and landscapes loom up with force and vividness of a dream--or a nightmare. This final installment in the Gormenghast trilogy is a fantastic triumph--a conquest awash in imagination, terror, and charm.
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