"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...

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...

One of the twentieth century's great undisputed masterpieces, Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano includes an introduction by Michael Schmidt in Penguin Modern Classics.It is the fiesta 'Day of the Dead' in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac. In the shadow of the volcano, ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate, ugly pariah dogs roam the streets and Geoffrey Firmin - ex-consul, ex-husband, an alcoholic and a ruined man - is living out the last day of his...

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...

“Uno dei romanzi più ‘alti’ di questo secolo” The New York Times Nel 1947, dopo dieci anni di lavoro e rifiuti editoriali, di sbornie furiose e diverse disavventure (compreso un incendio dove il manoscritto rischiò di andare perduto), usciva sul mercato anglosassone il secondo libro di uno scrittore inglese poco noto. L’autore era Malcolm Lowry e il romanzo s’intitolava Sotto il vulcano. Venne subito acclamato come un capolavoro e, nel giro di poco tempo, diventò prima un classico moderno ...

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 ...

«La capacidad de Lowry para entroncar con la emoción trágica primitiva sólo conoce dos grandes rivales en la primera mitad del siglo XX : Thomas Mann y James Joyce.»- Julián HerbertSigbjørn Wilderness, famoso alter ego de Malcolm Lowry, emprende un viaje a México junto con...

Messico. I coniugi Wilderness, Sigbjørn e Primrose, decidono di trascorrere una piacevole vacanza ad Acapulco anche per esorcizzare i fantasmi dell’uomo, un inglese che aspira a scrivere e beve così tanto da non riuscire nemmeno a firmare un documento. Eppure qualcosa va storto. Un piccolo contrattempo burocratico degenera e si ingigantisce fino ad assumere dimensioni metafisiche e a riattivare tutte le paure della coppia. Ogni poliziotto messicano diventa una minaccia, ogni turista un pre...

On the Day of the Dead, 1938, former British consul Geoffrey Firmin is in Quauhnahuac, Mexico, where his life has become overshadowed by the debilitating malaise of drinking. His wife, Yvonne, has just arrived on a mission to rescue their failing marriage, inspired by a vision of a life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse. But Yvonne’s mission is further complicated by the presence of the consul’s half-brother, Hugh, ...

«Deambularon en la oscuridad por la ciudad empedrada, hechizada de campanadas, bebieron su medio litro de habanero y luego durmieron uno en brazos del otro. Una repentina tormenta eléctrica los había despertado esa noche.»Aunque Malcolm Lowry publicó solamente dos novelas en vida — Bajo el volcán y Ultramarina—, dejó numerosos manuscritos que ya ha...

Una de las indiscutidas obras maestras del siglo XX, Bajo el volcán relata las últimas horas de la decadencia de un hombre apresado en el alcoholismo.Geoffrey Firmin, excónsul británico en México, se ha instalado en Quauhnáhuac, a la vera del famoso volcán, sin otra intención que dar rienda suelta a su alcoholismo.En la jornada más fatídica de su vida, que no por azar coincide con el día de los muertos, su mujer llega a la ciudad para tratar de res...

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...