Yet the novel was nearly refused publication. "As with all tragic heroes (and this novel is genuine tragedy) the Consul sums up the flaws which are latent or actual in all of us: like Marlowe's Faustus, he excites pity and terror… By the end of the century Under the Volcano may be seen as one of its few authentic masterpieces" (Burgess, 99 Novels, 38). Hailed as "masterpiece… one of the towering novels of the 20th century," Lowry's tour-de-force is the tragic narrative of the final, desperate day of a former British Consul drinking himself to death in Mexico ( New York Times).
Octavo, original cloth, original dust jacket.įirst edition, first printing, of Lowry's finest novel, one of the 20th century's "few authentic masterpieces." "ONE OF THE TOWERING NOVELS OF THE 20TH CENTURY": FIRST EDITION OF MALCOLM LOWRY'S UNDER THE VOLANO
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