by Malcolm Lowry · Biblioteca El Mundo · tapa dura · ISBN 9788496075207
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«Bajo el volcán» is the novel by Malcolm Lowry, published by Biblioteca El Mundo in hardback (414 pages, in Spanish).
In Mexico, during the Day of the Dead in 1938, the former British consul Geoffrey Firmin sinks into alcohol and guilt. The arrival of his ex-wife Yvonne and of Hugh, Firmin's half-brother, revives old tensions over twenty-four hours, with volcanoes symbolising the threat. The narrative opens with an encounter that took place a year later.
Volume 15 of the collection Las mejores novelas de la literatura universal contemporánea, with a prologue by Francisco J. Satué. The novel was originally published in 1947 as Under the Volcano.
For readers of classic fiction and twentieth-century literature who appreciate a narrative of dense atmosphere and psychological complexity.
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.
