Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957) was born and died in England. Between school and studying English at St Catherine's College, Cambridge he spent five months at sea as a deckhand, an experience which gave him the material for his first novel, Ultramarine (1933). After marrying in Paris, he moved to New York where he completed In Ballast to the White (1936). Under The Volcano was begun in Hollywood, coloured by a short stay in the Mexico that it describes, and eventually finished in Dollarton, British Columbia.
One of the twentieth century's great undisputed masterpieces, Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano includes an introduction by Michael Schmidt in Penguin Modern Classics. It is the fiesta 'Day of the Dead' in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac. In the shadow of the volcano, ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate, ugly pariah dogs roam the streets and Geoffrey Firmin - ex-consul, ex-husband, an alcoholic and a ruined man - is living out the last day of his life. Drowning himself in mescal while his former wife and half-brother look on, powerless to help him, the consul has become an enduring tragic figure. As the day wears on, it becomes apparent that Geoffrey must die. It is his only escape from a world he cannot understand. His story, the image of one man's agonised journey towards Calvary, became a prophetic book for a whole generation.
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這書讀起來頭皮發麻,也許是錶達習慣文體,跟讀老捨的某些小說一個感覺,細節太細,情節卻薄弱。讀瞭半天,發現沒有獲取多少信息,翻譯也比較差,一點也不流暢。據說媲美《尤利西斯》,估計,單是就不好閱讀上來說的吧?
評分這書讀起來頭皮發麻,也許是錶達習慣文體,跟讀老捨的某些小說一個感覺,細節太細,情節卻薄弱。讀瞭半天,發現沒有獲取多少信息,翻譯也比較差,一點也不流暢。據說媲美《尤利西斯》,估計,單是就不好閱讀上來說的吧?
評分所謂後現代文學作品,相當多的關注人物的性格以及內心活動,忽略甚至取消故事情節,把從敘事結構轉為純粹的心理活動,又或者以對話等推動作品,展現著主題。 此書即是如此,僅僅數個人前領事傑弗瑞·費爾明、他的前妻伊芙以及他的同父異母兄弟休,在一個相對封閉的空間進行錶現...
評分所謂後現代文學作品,相當多的關注人物的性格以及內心活動,忽略甚至取消故事情節,把從敘事結構轉為純粹的心理活動,又或者以對話等推動作品,展現著主題。 此書即是如此,僅僅數個人前領事傑弗瑞·費爾明、他的前妻伊芙以及他的同父異母兄弟休,在一個相對封閉的空間進行錶現...
評分所謂後現代文學作品,相當多的關注人物的性格以及內心活動,忽略甚至取消故事情節,把從敘事結構轉為純粹的心理活動,又或者以對話等推動作品,展現著主題。 此書即是如此,僅僅數個人前領事傑弗瑞·費爾明、他的前妻伊芙以及他的同父異母兄弟休,在一個相對封閉的空間進行錶現...
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yes, I remember that dark rainy evening
評分最漫長的一天。真是他媽寫得不錯
評分拖拖拉拉幾個月終於啃完瞭。十分晦澀,好幾頁讀過去完全不懂在說啥也是很常有。意外學到瞭好多關於墨西哥酒精飲料的知識。Main takeaways: 1. Don’t do drugs; 2. Mezcal will mess you up.
評分拖拖拉拉幾個月終於啃完瞭。十分晦澀,好幾頁讀過去完全不懂在說啥也是很常有。意外學到瞭好多關於墨西哥酒精飲料的知識。Main takeaways: 1. Don’t do drugs; 2. Mezcal will mess you up.
評分最漫長的一天。真是他媽寫得不錯
Under the Volcano 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載