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Under the Volcano

Under the Volcano

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Under the Volcano

by Lowry, Malcolm

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ISBN 10
3896468758
ISBN 13
9783896468758
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Jonathan Cape, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. this first edition is housed in a colour facsimile of a good jacket. the front panel of the book is marked and the spine is sunned. this would normally be hidden by the jacket. the book has no inscriptions but there are a few very minor age related marks. the binding is excellent. there are a few old newspaper articles pertaining to Malcom Lowry at the back of the book.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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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Title
Under the Volcano
Author
Lowry, Malcolm
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
3896468758
ISBN 13
9783896468758
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication
Ac5
Date Published
1947
X weight
0 oz

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Sunned
Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Facsimile
An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...

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