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UNDER THE VOLCANO
by Lowry, Malcolm
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 375 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine black with yellow, pink, and white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut, "$3.00". Dust jacket with some shelfwear and creasing. Light chipping to extremities, primarily along lower edge of front cover, head and tail of spine. Age toning to text block. Text block sunken. First issue dust jacket, with "Advanced Critical Acclaim" and reviews on rear cover. Shelved in Case 6. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Under the Volcano at number 11 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, and has been featured in numerous other lists as one of the best modern English novels. [Wikipedia]
This copy of the American edition precedes the UK edition. 1375203. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
This copy of the American edition precedes the UK edition. 1375203. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1375203
- Title
- UNDER THE VOLCANO
- Author
- Lowry, Malcolm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Reynal & Hitchcock
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
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