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Under the Volcano
novel by Lowry
Under the Volcano, masterwork of Malcolm Lowry, published in 1947 and reissued in 1962. Set in Mexico in the late 1930s, Under the Volcano is the story of the last desperate day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a dispirited alcoholic and former British consul. His estranged wife, Yvonne, attempts to repair their marriage despite the presence of two of her former lovers: a film director, Jacques Laruelle, and Geoffrey’s half brother, Hugh. The novel’s extraordinary, almost expressionistic juxtaposition of realistic images with the perceptions of an increasingly irrational man took on an even greater symbolic power when seen as ...(100 of 126 words)