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Under the Volcano: A Novel (P.S.)
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Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise is drinking, an activity that has overshadowed his life. On the most fateful day of the consul's life—the Day of the Dead, 1938—his wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac, inspired by a vision of life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse. She is determined to rescue Firmin and their failing marriage, but her mission is further complicated by the presence of Hugh, the consul's half brother, and Jacques, a childhood friend. The events of this one significant day unfold against an unforgettable backdrop of a Mexico at once magical and diabolical. Under the Volcano remains one of literature's most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition, and a brilliant portrayal of one man's constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him.
Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place (Milestones in Canadian Literature)
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Malcolm Lowry was a rare talent whose ambition was equaled only by his problems. Struggling with alcoholism and singularly unable to manage his own life, he "believed himself to be hopelessly unlucky"; and as volume editor Nicholas Bradley points out, "the evidence suggests that he was right." This collection of short stories reveals a world of crashing prose in which Lowry draws heavily from his turbulent life to forge a tale of both heaven and hell on earth. From the rich paradise of British Columbia and the echoing beauty of Italy, to the unrelieved suffering of Mexico, Lowry's stories are layered, interwoven tales that speak to an unrealized literary potential. This new edition includes an introduction, chronology, and notes, providing key insight into one of the underappreciated literary minds of the twentieth century. An exciting and offbeat addition to Oxford's Outlooks on Canadian Literature series.
Ultramarine (Tusk Ivories)
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This is the story of Dana Hilliot's first voyage, as mess-boy on the freighter "Oedipus Tyranjnus" bound for Bombay and Singapore and of his struggle to win the approval of his shipmates. This book alternates between Dana's own narrative and the humour of the seaman's conversation.
Under the Volcano (Penguin Modern Classics)
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It is the Day of the Dead. The fiesta in full swing. In the shadow of Popocatepeti ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate...and the ugly pariah dogs roam the streets. Geoffrey Firmin, HM ex-consul, is drowning himself in liquor and Mescal, while his ex-wife and half brother look on powerless to help him. As the day wears on, it becomes apparent that Geoffrey must die. It is his only escape from a world he cannot understand. "Under The Volcano" is one of the century's great undisputed masterpieces.
Malcolm Lowry's Volcano
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In Malcolm Lowry's Volcano, originally published in 1978, David Markson extended the pioneering work of his 1951 Columbia University master's thesis-the first substantial study of Under the Volcano. In the years between thesis and book, Markson became Lowry's close friend (see the invaluable reminiscence at the end of the book) and an accomplished novelist in his own right. His critical reputation has only grown in the past two decades.
Markson's holds Under the Volcano to be the greatest English language novel after Ulysses-and very like it in ambition and method. While acknowledging that the novel's primary pleasure is its literal, dramatic story, he argues here that Lowry's book is a Joycean endeavor, both in its reliance on the mythic and in its allusive texture. Far from being incidental to the story-bits and pieces of learning merely stuffed into the text, as Lowry's one-time mentor Conrad Aiken thought them-the dense web of reference is an intrinsic part of Lowry's plan, and demonstrates his mastery.
Malcolm Lowry's La Mordida: A Scholarly Edition
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Although Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957) published only two novels-- Ultramarine and Under the Volcano--in his lifetime, numerous other works, most of which have since been edited for publication, were in various stages of composition at his death. La Mordida, the longest and most significant of the manuscripts that have not been previously published, is a draft of a novel based on Lowry's visit to Mexico in 1945-46, which ended in the arrest and deportation of Lowry and his wife following a nightmarish run-in with corrupt immigration authorities. On its most immediate level, the title La Mordida--which means "the little bite," Mexican slang for the small bribe that officials are apt to demand in order to expedite matters--refers to the autobiographical protagonist's legal difficulties. In a larger sense, however, it also represents his inability to escape his past, to repay the fine, or debt, that he owes. The central narrative of La Mordida involves a descent into the abyss of self, culminating in the protagonist's symbolic rebirth at the book's end. Lowry planned to use this basic narrative pattern as the springboard for innumerable questions about such concerns as art, identity, the nature of existence, political issues, and alcoholism. Above all, La Mordida was to have been a metafictional work about an author who sees no point in living events if he cannot write about them and who is not only unable to write but suspects that he is just a character in a novel. A reading of La Mordida in the context of Lowry's aesthetic theories and psychological problems shows why he dreaded the completion of his projects to such an extent that he called success a "horrible disaster" and compared death to "the accepted manuscript of one's life." The reason, La Mordida makes clear, lies partly in the aesthetic theories that led Lowry to attempt a book that he prophetically called "something never dreamed of before, a work of art so beyond conception it could not be written." Patrick A. McCarthy's edition of La Mordida is based on materials held in the Malcolm Lowry Archive at the University of British Columbia. Its publication provides essential evidence for a balanced assessment of Lowry's creative processes and his achievement as a writer.
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Volcano Fest still bubbles after 19 y...
Vancouver Sun - Aug 07, 2009
Volcano Fest still bubbles after 19 years social change” still evokes the spirit of iconoclast writer Malcolm Lowry, who famously lived and drank in a Dollarton cabin near the festival's home. and more »
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Here kitty, kitty, kitty . . . Eye Sp...
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Aug 20, 2009
Here kitty, kitty, kitty . . . Eye Spy goes to the Fort Worth Cat Hugs, a sphynx hairless cat, and its owner, Debra Lowry Special to the Star-Telegram/ Richard W. Rodriguez FORT WORTH — When Eye Spy first
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Under the Volcano: So much tequila an...
Examiner.com - May 21, 5884
Under the Volcano: So much tequila and mescal, so little timeThis sister bar to the Gallway Hooker and Ginger Man specializes in classy quiet style modeled after the Malcolm Lowry novel that gave it its name.
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History of the Mafia
New Yorker - Aug 24, 2009
Now reading “Under the Volcano,” by Malcolm Lowry. James Surowiecki talks to Alan Mulally, the CEO of Ford. Browse the complete archive using the cover and more »
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Rutgers coach Greg Schiano holding of...
NJ.com - Aug 26, 2009
The Star-Ledger - Rutgers coach Greg Schiano holding off on announcing decisions at Weakside linebacker: Antonio Lowery opened with the first-team defense on the first series, but Manny Abreu played. That appears as if it will be the way QB or TE, Jefferson just wants to playall 53 news articles »
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