Under the Volcano
Lowry, Malcolm : Introduction by Stephen Spender
Language: English
Published by New York: harper & Row, Publishers, inc., 1984
- Hardcover
- Used
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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REISSUE: "This is a reissue of a book originally published by J. B. Lippincott in 1947" stated. Very good plus, if not near fine 375 page BOOK CLUB EDITION hardback with blind stamp along lower edge of rear cover near spine, in very good plus unpriced, unclipped dust jacket. Book has a light, if not very light 1 inch by 3/4 inch semi-circular oily stain to top edge of four leaves; and light, if not very light coffee-colored stains to last leaf and inside of rear free endpaper. Dust jacket has a 3/4 inch closed tear to top edge of front panel near spine; fading to orange lettering and background of spine; and minor, if not trivial wear to edges. Only minor, if not trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket: primarily to front and rear paste-downs.
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- Title
- Under the Volcano
- Author
- Lowry, Malcolm : Introduction by Stephen Spender
- Publisher
- New York: harper & Row, Publishers, inc.
- Publication year
- 1984
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0060153679
- ISBN 13
- 9780060153670
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction
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From the Back Cover
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.
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