Description
Hardcover has some wear, fading, and some fraying at edges. Spine has some slight wrinkling and is loose to binding. No dustjacket. The pages are clean and in good condition. The binding is secure.
This well-loved copy of Malcolm Lowry’s seminal novel “Under the Volcano” bears the charming patina of a book that has been read and cherished over the years. Published in 1947, it is considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, a searing exploration of self-destruction and the human condition set against the backdrop of Mexico’s Day of the Dead. Lowry’s masterpiece, written in a modernist style influenced by James Joyce and drawing from the author’s own struggles with alcoholism, immerses readers in the final day of Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul spiraling into drunken oblivion. This copy, with its well-worn edges and loosened binding, invites collectors and readers to trace the novel’s powerful impact through the very physicality of the book itself. Stephen Spender’s insightful introduction further illuminates the depth and complexity of Lowry’s haunting tale, making this a treasured artifact for admirers of modern literature’s boldest voices.
