Malcolm Lowry





Malcolm Lowry

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born
July 28, 1909 in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, The United Kingdom

died
June 26, 1957

gender
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Malcolm Lowry was an English poet and novelist who was best known for his novel, Under the Volcano.

Lowry published little during his lifetime, in comparison with the extensive collection of unfinished manuscripts he left. Of his two novels, Under the Volcano (1947) is now widely accepted as his masterpiece and one of the great works of the 20th century (number 11 on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th century).[2] It exemplifies Lowry's method as a writer, which involved drawing heavily upon autobiographical material and imbuing it with complex and allusive layers of symbolism. Under the Volcano depicts a series of complex and unwillingly destructive relationships and is set against a rich evocation of Mexico.

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Average rating: 3.77 · 4,685 ratings · 472 reviews · 26 distinct works
Under the Volcano
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 4,325 ratings — published 1947 — 50 editions
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Lunar Caustic
3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1963 — 7 editions
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Dark As The Grave Wherein M...
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1968 — 5 editions
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Ultramarine
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3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1933 — 11 editions
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Hear Us O Lord from Heaven ...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 40 ratings7 editions
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October Ferry To Gabriola
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 35 ratings5 editions
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Selected Poems
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1963
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The Voyage That Never Ends
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1984
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Hear Us O Lord From Heaven ...
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1984
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More books by Malcolm Lowry…
“How, unless you drink as I do, could you hope to understand the beauty of an old Indian woman playing dominoes with a chicken?”
Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano

“No se puede vivir sin amar”
Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano

“Perhaps his tragedy is that he is the only normal writer left on earth -- and it is this that adds to his isolation and so too his so sense of guilt.”
Malcolm Lowry

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