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Under the Volcano

by Lowry, Malcolm

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  • Hardcover
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Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. hardback. very good condition in a first issue dust jacket with "Advance Critical Acclaim" on the rear. The dust jacket is somewhat worn and chipped with chipping at the spine ends (mostly at the top) and a few other small spots .

Synopsis

Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano tells the story of Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic British consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac, on the Day of the Dead in 1938. The novel was precipitated by a short story he wrote after a trip to Mexico with his wife. The story was expanded into a novel completed in 1940, but was rejected and then revised multiple times before finally getting published in 1947. Under the Volcano thoroughly demonstrates Lowry’s highly stylistic writing choices. Drawing heavily upon autobiographical material (Lowry himself was well-known to be an alcoholic), the author amplifies the complexity of the story with unexpected narrative shifts and allusive layers of symbolism. In fact, the complexity of Under the Volcano has been compared with James Joyce’s stylistic masterpiece, Ulysses. The novel was out of print by the time Lowry died of alcoholism in 1957, yet is critically acclaimed today. The Modern Library ranked Under the Volcano eleventh on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. TIME included the book in its list of 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present. In 1984, John Huston directed a film adaptation of Under the Volcano. It received Oscar nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Original Score.

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Bookseller
Wonderland Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
56203
Title
Under the Volcano
Author
Lowry, Malcolm
Format/Binding
Hardback
Book Condition
Used - very good condition in a first issue dust jacket with "Advance Critical Acclaim" on the rear. The dust jacket is some
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Reynal & Hitchcock
Date Published
1947

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Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Spine
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