The Vorrh
Book One in the Vorrh Trilogy
$21.18
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
26 July 2016
Summary
In THE VORRH we have one of the most original and stunning works of fantasy that has ever been my privilege to read. - Alan Moore
In the tradition of China Mieville, Michael Moorcock and Alasdair Gray, B. Catling’s THE VORRH is literary dark fantasy which wilfully ignores boundaries, crossing over into surrealism, magic-realism, horror and steampunk.
In B. Catling’s twisting, poetic narrative, Bakelite robots lie broken - their hard shells cracked by human desire - and an inqu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473606630 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473606632 |
| Author: | Brian Catling |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 26 July 2016 |
| Weight: | 356g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 36mm |
| Series: | Vorrh Trilogy |
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Critics Review
I really loved Brian Catling’s The Vorrh. It’s a hot storm of a novel bursting with art and history, sex and nature. A visionary fantasy epic that is incredibly fun to read. Wildly different, but no less remarkable. - The Guardian
This is fine stuff. Like the best fantasy writers Catling succeeds in creating a compelling and believable parallel dimension. - Daily MailThe English language has given birth to some great works of unbounded vision and imagination, and here is another one… It’s a very sophisticated and subtle exploration of the decadent, primitive and the mythical. Many books are said to be like nothing else, and aren’t, but Brian Catling’s really is. - Philip PullmanDarkly imaginative… . Packed with striking images … real beauty and power. - KirkusCatling’s novel reads like a long-lost classic of Decadent or Symbolist literature, with that same sense of timelessness. It’s peculiar, wildly imaginative, unafraid to transgress and get lost, and is unlike anything I’ve ever read. - Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach TrilogyAlthough comparisons to Michael Moorcock and Mervyn Peake will inevitably be drawn, The Vorrh offers something more…It reminded me of Odilon Redon: a combination of the luminous, the luxurious, monstrous flora and dark wit. - TLSOne of the most original works of visionary fiction since Mervyn Peake. - The GuardianI am glad to have the book as a companion on my own dark quest. - Tom WaitsAbout The Author
Brian Catling
Brian Catling (born in London, 1948) is an English sculptor, poet, novelist, film maker and performance artist. He was educated at North East London Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. He now holds the post of Professor of Fine Art at The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford and is a fellow of Linacre College. He has been exhibiting his work internationally since the 1970s. Some of his most notable works and performances include: Quill Two at Matt’s Gallery, Dilston Grove in 2011, Antix at Matt’s Gallery in 2006, a commissoned memorial to the Site of Execution, Tower of London in 2007, Vanished! A Video Seance made with screenwriter Tony Grisoni in 1999 and Cyclops at South London Gallery 1996.
In 2001 he co founded the international performance collective WiTW.
As a writer he has published poetic works, including one compendium A Court of Miracles in 2009. His first prose book Bobby Awl was published in 2007.
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