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Letters from a Lost Uncle
Mervyn Peake
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Description for Letters from a Lost Uncle
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Lost in the frozen polar wastes, an explorer huddles in his shelter, typing, with frozen fingers, the story of his lonely, extraordinary exploits, preparing to send the story to the nephew he has never seen. With his only companion, the tortoise-like mutant Jackson, the Uncle has gone in search of his ambition and his destiny: the awesome and mysterious White Lion. Illustrated on every page with stunning, beautiful, eerie original drawings, "Letters from a Lost Uncle" is the product of a unique imagination and a distillation of all that is most powerful in the strange genius of Mervyn Peake. Painstakingly ... Read more
Lost in the frozen polar wastes, an explorer huddles in his shelter, typing, with frozen fingers, the story of his lonely, extraordinary exploits, preparing to send the story to the nephew he has never seen. With his only companion, the tortoise-like mutant Jackson, the Uncle has gone in search of his ambition and his destiny: the awesome and mysterious White Lion. Illustrated on every page with stunning, beautiful, eerie original drawings, "Letters from a Lost Uncle" is the product of a unique imagination and a distillation of all that is most powerful in the strange genius of Mervyn Peake. Painstakingly ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780413777133
SKU
V9780413777133
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About Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake (1911-68) was a novelist, playwright, painter, poet, illustrator, short story writer, designer and war artist.
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