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Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano tells the story of Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic British consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac, on the Day of the Dead in 1938. The novel was precipitated by a short story he wrote after a trip to Mexico with his wife. The story was expanded into a novel completed in 1940, but was rejected and then revised multiple times before finally getting published in 1947.
Under the Volcano thoroughly demonstrates Lowry’s highly stylistic writing choices. Drawing heavily upon autobiographical material (Lowry himself was well-known to be an alcoholic), the author amplifies the complexity of the story with unexpected narrative shifts and allusive layers of symbolism. In fact, the complexity of Under the Volcano has been compared with James Joyce’s stylistic masterpiece, Ulysses.
The novel was out of print by the time Lowry died of alcoholism in 1957, yet is critically acclaimed today. The Modern Library ranked Under the Volcano eleventh on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. TIME included the book in its list of 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present. In 1984, John Huston directed a film adaptation of Under the Volcano. It received Oscar nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Original Score.
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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.
Identificación de primeras ediciones
Reynal and Hitchcock published the first edition of Under the Volcano in New York in 1947. It is bound in grey cloth with red lettering on the spine and front cover. The dust jacket states the original price of $3.00 on the front flap and has four reviews printed on the back.
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- Título Under the Volcano
- Autor Malcolm Lowry
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición Reprint
- Páginas 448
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Harper Perennial, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Fecha de publicación 2007-04-10
- ISBN 9780061120152 / 0061120154
- Peso 0.74 libras (0.34 kg)
- Dimensiones 7.92 x 5.32 x 1.09 pulgadas (20.12 x 13.51 x 2.77 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Cultural Region: Mexican
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation: Latino
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Alcoholics
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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