Titus Awakes, Maeve Gilmore from a fragment by Mervyn Peake
Titus Awakes, Maeve Gilmore from a fragment by Mervyn Peake
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Titus Awakes

Author: Maeve Gilmore; from a fragment by Mervyn Peake

Narrator: Rupert Degas

Abridged: 3 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 10/14/2011

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy


Synopsis

Titus Awakes is the fourth and last novel in the Gormenghast series and was finished by Peake’s widow, Maeve Gilmore. In this last novel, Titus has left the world of Gormenghast behind, but he remains haunted by memories of his former life. Journeying from snow-covered mountains to archipelagos strewn with coral reefs, he awakens his senses but fails to conquer his aching sense of solitude. A mesmerising novel, Titus Awakes celebrates and mourns both the passing of Gormenghast Castle and the life of its creator.

Reviews

Its hard to know what to say about this one. The writing is good in places but can also be a bit monotonous or at least repetitious. It does resemble Titus Alone to a degree, although not to its credit being almost as random and fragmentary as that work. However i enjoyed it more than my score might......more

Goodreads review by Simon

Also published on my blog here The Gormenghast trilogy, by far Mervyn Peake's best known work as a writer, has many fans, including myself. And fans always want more, so we were intrigued when the publication of Titus Awakes was announced last year. Maeve Gilmore was Peake's widow (and, like her husb......more

Goodreads review by Raghav

There are many instances in literary history where the authorial mantle has been passed. Tolkien's son broadened our knowledge of Middle-Earth from his father's notes; Frank Herbert's prodigy did the same, scribing altogether fresh Dune novels. In each such case the successor tries to at least emula......more