โ Scribed by Lowry, Malcolm
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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 lifethe Day of the Dead, 1938his wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac, inspired by a vision of life tog
One of the twentieth century's great undisputed masterpieces, Malcolm Lowry's "Under the Volcano" includes an introduction by Michael Schmidt in "Penguin Modern Classics". It is the fiesta 'Day of the Dead' in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac. In the shadow of the volcano, ragged children beg c
Malcolm Lowry's remarkable Under the Volcano unfolds over the course of a single day, and follows the lives of an alcoholic British consul to Mexico, Geoffrey Firmin, his estranged wife, Yvonne, and Hugh, Geoffrey's half-brother. On the Mexican Day of the Dead, Yvonne makes a valiant, yet ultimately
### Review "One of the towering novels of this century." -- *--**New York Times* "The book obviously belongs with the most original and creative novels of our time." -- *--Alfred Kazin* ### Product Description Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico.Here the con
This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom, who begin to teach Brida about the spiritual world. She meets a wise man who dwel