by Malcolm Lowry · Penguin UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140017328
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«Under the Volcano» is the literary novel by Malcolm Lowry, published by Penguin UK in paperback (384 pages, in English).
During the Day of the Dead in Quauhnahuac, Mexico, Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul destroyed by alcohol, seems to live his last day. The arrival of his ex-wife Yvonne, determined to save the marriage, and the presence of his half-brother Hugh turn the celebration into a tense descent into the past and self-destruction.
This edition is part of the Penguin Modern Classics collection and includes an introduction by Michael Schmidt. The novel was originally published in 1947.
For readers of literary fiction and twentieth-century classics interested in modernism and novels with a psychological background.
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.
