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Malcolm Lowry Books

    July 28, 1909 – June 26, 1957

    Malcolm Lowry was a British novelist and poet whose masterpiece is widely hailed as one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. He wrote passionately on the themes of exile and despair, and his own wanderlust and erratic lifestyle made him an icon to later generations of writers. Lowry's prose is characterized by its profound exploration of the human condition, delving into the depths of isolation and existential anguish with a unique blend of lyrical beauty and raw emotional power.

    Malcolm Lowry
    Dark as the Grave Wherein my Friend is Laid
    Prom na Gabriole
    Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place
    Under the Volcano
    Under the Volcano. Unter dem Vulkan, englische Ausgabe
    Ultramarine

    • Ultramarine

      • 187 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Ultramarine is the story of Dana Hilliot's first voyage, as mess-boy on the freighter Oedipus Tyrannus bound for Bombay and Singapore: of his struggle to win the approval of his shipmates, trying to match their example in the bars and bordellos of the Chinese ports while at the same time remaining faithful to his first love, Janet, back home in England. Alternating between Dana's own narrative and the ribald humor and colorful language of the sailors' conversation, Ultramarine depicts a boy's initiation into the company of men.

      Ultramarine
      3.7

    • Under the Volcano. Unter dem Vulkan, englische Ausgabe

      It is the Day of Death and the fiesta is in fullswing. Geoffrey Firmin, H.M. ex-consul, is drowning himself in liquor and mescal, while his ex-wife and half brother look on, powerless to help him. As the day wears on, it becomes apparent that Geoffrey must die.

      Under the Volcano. Unter dem Vulkan, englische Ausgabe
      3.8

    • Under the Volcano

      • 375 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      "Under the Volcano" chronicles an entire lifetime in the course of a single day, the Day of the Dead, which is to be the last in the tragic life of alcoholic British consul Geoffrey Firmin. Set in Quahnahac, Mexico, against the backdrop of a conflicted Europe during the Spanish Civil War, it is a gripping novel of terror and a man's compulsive alienation from the world and those who love him. Considered to be a modern classic, "Under the Volcano" has been compared to the best of Joseph Conrad and James Joyce.

      Under the Volcano
      3.6

    • Prom na Gabriole

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      October Ferry to Gabriola, like Malcolm Lowry's generously praised Under the Volcano, is a romantic, convoluted prose journey in quest of an easeful death. It is not a completed novel, however. According to Margerie Lowry, the author's widow, this published version is her "sorting out" of numerous drafts of chapters, paragraphs and even sentences that Lowry began to write in 1946.

      Prom na Gabriole

    • Dunkel wie die Gruft, in der mein Freund begraben liegt. Roman

      "Dunkel wie die Gruft, in der mein Freund begraben liegt" ist Malcolm Lowrys zweiter großer Roman. Er basiert auf Tagebüchern einer Reise nach Mexiko 1945, wo Lowry mit seiner Frau Margerie die Orte besuchte, an denen er zuvor mit seiner ersten Frau lebte. Das Buch bietet ein schonungsloses Selbstporträt Lowrys und die Entstehungsgeschichte von "Unter dem Vulkan".

      Dunkel wie die Gruft, in der mein Freund begraben liegt. Roman
      4.7

    • Hör uns, o Herr, der Du im Himmel wohnst. Erzählungen

      Malcolm Lowry hinterließ 1957 mehrere unvollendete Romane, vollendete jedoch sieben Prosastücke, die in diesem Band vereint sind. Diese Stücke bilden eine Reise von Kanada über den Panama-Kanal nach Italien und zurück. Sie zeigen jedoch nicht Reiseerlebnisse, sondern eine symbolreiche Innenwelt und ein außergewöhnliches Bewusstsein.

      Hör uns, o Herr, der Du im Himmel wohnst. Erzählungen
      3.7