Post #1236228
2026-03-13 09:32 UTC
The baleful mood extends, of course, to the landscape around the castle:
"Ahead lay Gormenghast Mountain in all its permanence, a sinister thing as though drawn out of the earth by sorcery as a curse on all who viewed it."
#Gormenghast #reading #mountains #bookstodon #fiction
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@stancarey@mastodon.ie 2026-03-15 09:05
When I mentioned outlandish metaphor, I mean this kind of thing. Sentences that take you in gloriously unexpected directions even in gratuitous asides #books #metaphor #writing #Gormenghast #MervynPeake #literature