by Malcolm Lowry · FOLIO · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070363513
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«Au-dessous du volcan» is the novel by Malcolm Lowry, published by Folio in paperback (635 pages, in French).
The novel is set in Mexico in 1938, during the Day of the Dead, and follows Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic British ex-consul, on his personal descent. Between the memory of Yvonne and the threat of imminent war, Lowry weaves love, guilt and redemption with lyrical prose about the protagonist's disintegration.
Work originally published as «Under the Volcano» in 1947; the French translation is by Clarisse Francillon and Stephen Spriel. It belongs to the Folio collection (no. 351).
For a general audience interested in literary fiction, twentieth-century classics and historical fiction.
Clarence Malcolm Lowry was an English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano, which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list.
