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.
ISBN: | 9780749394929 |
Publisher: | Random House |
Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
Published date: | 05 Feb 1998 |
DEWEY: | 823.912 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 505 |
Weight: | 348g |
Height: | 199mm |
Width: | 131mm |
Spine width: | 31mm |