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Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957) was a British novelist and poet whose masterpiece Under the Volcano is widely hailed as one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. Born near Liverpool, England, Lowry grew up in a prominent, wealthy family and chafed under the expectations placed upon him by parents and boarding school. He wrote passionately on the themes of exile and despair, and his own wanderlust and erratic lifestyle made him an icon to later generations of writers.

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Under the Volcano

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Bajo El Volcan (1985 Edition)

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Under Vulkanen [Under the Volcano]

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Under the Volcano: A Novel (P.S.) Nov 6, 2012

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“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 his crumbling life on the day that his ex-wife, Yvonne, arrives in town.

It’s the Day of the Dead, 1938. The couple wants to revive their marriage and undo the wrongs of their past, but they soon realize that they’ve stumbled into the wrong place and time, where not only Geoffrey and Yvonne, but the world itself is on the edge of Armageddon.

Hailed by the Modern Library as one of the one hundred best English novels of the twentieth century, Under the Volcano stands as an iconic and richly drawn example of the modern novel at its most lyrical.

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Bajo el volcán (Spanish Edition) Apr 28, 2022

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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 rescatarlo y salvar su matrimonio. Sin embargo, este própósito choca con la presencia de quienes ayudan sin saberlo a Firmin en su adicción.

Contra un trasfondo a la vez festivo y siniestro, los asuntos del día se van encaminando poco a poco hacia un final inevitable, mientras se perfila un retrato no solo de un hombre volcado en la autodestrucción, sino de toda una generación fascinada con la muerte.

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