Under the Volcano
By Malcolm Lowry
(Harper Perennial Modern Classics, Paperback, 9780061120152, 448pp.)
Publication Date: March 22, 2007
Other Editions of This Title: Audio Cassette - Abridged (May 2009), Compact Disc (May 2009), Compact Disc (May 2009), MP3 CD (May 2009), Audio Cassette - Abridged (July 2000), Paperback (May 2000), Hardcover (July 1998), Audio Cassette - Abridged (July 1997), Audio Cassette (March 1988)
Categories: Classics, Literary
 |     |
Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise is drinking, an activity that has overshadowed his life. On the most fateful day of the consul's life—the Day of the Dead, 1938—his wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac, inspired by a vision of life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse. She is determined to rescue Firmin and their failing marriage, but her mission is further complicated by the presence of Hugh, the consul's half brother, and Jacques, a childhood friend. The events of this one significant day unfold against an unforgettable backdrop of a Mexico at once magical and diabolical.
Under the Volcano remains one of literature's most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition, and a brilliant portrayal of one man's constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him.
Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957) was born in England, and he attended Cambridge University. He spent much of his life traveling and lived in Paris, New York, Mexico, Los Angeles, Canada, and Italy, among other places. He is the author of numerous works, including Ultramarine and Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place.
This book is on these lists:
RachelResnick's Wish List by RachelResnickBooks read by ddddiaz
1st llst by niznoz
All lists >>
 |
The Tyranny of E-mail John Freeman Scribner |
 |
Ordinary Thunderstorms William Boyd HarperCollins |
 |
The Girl with Glass Feet Ali Shaw Henry Holt and Co. |
 |
The Book of Fires Jane Borodale Viking |
