"Lowry's masterpiece" about a fateful Day of the Dead in a small Mexican town and one man's struggle against the forces threatening to destroy him ( Los Angeles Times).In what the New York Times calls "one of the towering novels of [the twentieth] century," former British consul Geoffrey Firmin lives alone with his demons in the shadow of two active volcanoes in South Central Mexico. Gripped by alcoholism, Geoffrey makes one last effort to salvage ...

From the author of Under the Volcano: A novel of a young man's flight from the upper class to join the hard-living crew of a freighter bound for South Asia.In this debut novel by the acclaimed novelist and poet, Dana Hilliot seeks absolution from his wealthy British upbringing, escaping the bourgeois provincialism of his origins by setting out to sea as a messboy amid a crew of weathered, world-weary sailors. Lost somewhere between Singapore and Bombay, Hi...

Paradise proves fleeting in this engrossing tale of a married couple who tries to chase away the past by immersing themselves in natureEdited by Malcolm Lowry's widow and released more than a decade after his death, October Ferry to Gabriola is the sentimental story of two individuals striving for sanity, inspiration, hope, and purpose in the deep seclusion of the British Columbian forest. Once the couple finds a new home in the woods, their new, off-the-gr...

Library of Masterpieces—100 Books to Read in a Lifetime offers an ambitious cross-cultural canon of enduring literature, philosophy, drama, and narrative art. Moving from classical epic, tragedy, and political thought to the novel, Gothic romance, detective fiction, modernist experiment, children's literature, and existential reflection, it reveals how literary forms continually remake questions of power, desire, faith, justice, memory, and freedom. Monumental epics, psychologically intric...

Seven stories and novellas by the author of Under the Volcano, a master of twentieth-century fiction.For fans of the novel Under the Volcano, this collection of stories—many of them published for the first time posthumously—provides great insight into the author's genius. The stories range from heartfelt tragedy to exuberant triumph. In the novella "Through the Panama," a burned-out, alcoholic writer tries to make sense of the literature that has ...

Under the Volcano is a novel by English writer Malcolm Lowry published in 1947. The novel tells the story of Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic British consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac, on the Day of the Dead, 1 November 1938.

Malcolm Lowry's 'Under the Volcano' is a profound exploration of the human condition set against the backdrop of 1930s Mexico. The novel intricately weaves together the experiences of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul grappling with alcoholism and existential despair, as he navigates the volcanic landscape both literally and metaphorically. Lowry's literary style is rich and poetic, employing a stream-of-consciousness technique that immerses readers in the protagonist's fragmented psyche, ...

Malcolm Lowry's "Under the Volcano" stands as a quintessential exploration of existential despair and human folly set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution. The narrative follows Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul spiraling into alcoholism on the Day of the Dead, encapsulating Lowry's complex prose and vivid imagery. Employing stream-of-consciousness and rich symbolism, Lowry crafts a lyrical, yet harrowing journey through the protagonist's disintegration, while reflecting broader ...

A quartet of the British novelist's finest works of fiction, including "Lowry's masterpiece," Under the Volcano ( Los Angeles Times).Malcolm Lowry was an author who poured his soul into his prose, including his struggle with his own demons. Of his most famous work, Under the Volcano, Dawn Powell wrote: "You love the author for the pain of his overwhelming understanding." In the New York Herald Tribune, Mark Schorer comme...

Malcolm Lowry, who would permanently stake his claim to literary immortality with the masterpiece Under the Volcano, wrote Ultramarine, his debut, as an undergraduate at Cambridge. Displaying the linguistic virtuosity and haunting imagery that became signatures of Lowry's mature style, Ultramarine, a novel he continually rewrote and revised from publication until his death, is one of his central works, and this new edition offers the opportunity for a fuller assessment of his place in t...

The Classic Collection of Malcolm Lowry. Illustrated: Under the Volcano, Ultramarine, Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place brings together the essential works of Malcolm Lowry, one of the most distinctive voices of twentieth-century literature. Known for his intense psychological insight and lyrical prose, Lowry explores themes of existential struggle, human frailty, and the search for meaning in a turbulent world. At the heart of the collection is Under the Volcano, a modernist m...

Malcolm Lowry’s remarkable Under the Volcano unfolds over the course of a single day, and follows the lives of an alcoholic British consul to Mexico, Geoffrey Firmin, his estranged wife, Yvonne, and Hugh, Geoffrey’s half-brother. On the Mexican Day of the Dead, Yvonne makes a valiant, yet ultimately futile attempt to rescue Geoffrey from his drinking and his demons, but reveals instead only the inner turmoil of a man ruined by drink and unrealized ambitions.Under the V...