Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry
Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry
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Under the Volcano

Author: Malcolm Lowry

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 14 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/07/2009

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

On the Day of the Dead, 1938, former British consul Geoffrey Firmin is in Quauhnahuac, Mexico, where his life has become overshadowed by the debilitating malaise of drinking. His wife, Yvonne, has just arrived on a mission to rescue their failing marriage, inspired by a vision of a life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse. But Yvonnes mission is further complicated by the presence of the consuls halfbrother, Hugh, and Jacques, a childhood friend. The events of this one day unfold against the unforgettable backdrop of a Mexico at once magical and diabolical. A modern classic, Under the Volcano is a powerful and lyrical statement on the human condition and one mans constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him.

About Malcolm Lowry

Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957) was born in England and attended Cambridge University. He spent much of his life traveling and lived in Paris, New York, Mexico, Los Angeles, and Italy, among other places. He is the author of numerous works, including Ultramarine and Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ben on June 17, 2016

Purchase a large bottle of tequila and start walking from Ernest Hemingway's house to Vladimir Nabokov's house. As you're walking, take a drink for the sake of squandered love. Then take one for isolation. Take one drink for war, and two for peace. Take one for world-weariness. Take one for betrayal......more

Goodreads review by Vit on May 02, 2022

Under the Volcano is like a ticking time bomb – an explosion is unavoidable and with every new fanciful sentence it is nearer. The day of remembering and honouring the deceased – a grotesque carnival of dread – the Day of the Dead… …Night: and once again, the nightly grapple with death, the room shaki......more

Goodreads review by Fabian on December 08, 2020

A good word to describe 1947’s Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry is LANGUID. This is authentic rambling & genuinely just one loooong continuous drivel. All of it: sound and fury signifying… nothing. It’s a true pity that the book is so inaccessible, unreadable; it invites for some spontaneous skimm......more