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Malcolm Lowry

    28 luglio 1909 – 26 giugno 1957

    Malcolm Lowry fu un romanziere e poeta britannico il cui capolavoro è ampiamente celebrato come uno dei più grandi romanzi del ventesimo secolo. Scrisse con passione sui temi dell'esilio e della disperazione, e la sua stessa irrequietezza e il suo stile di vita erratico ne fecero un'icona per le generazioni successive di scrittori. La prosa di Lowry è caratterizzata dalla sua profonda esplorazione della condizione umana, addentrandosi nelle profondità dell'isolamento e dell'angoscia esistenziale con una miscela unica di bellezza lirica e crudo potere emotivo.

    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
    Ultramarine
    Penguin Modern Classics: Ultramarine
    • Kiedy Andrea Gillies wraz z mężem, trójką dzieci i teściami przeprowadzała się do dużego wiktoriańskiego domu położonego w jednym z odległych zakątków na północy Szkocji, nie miała pojęcia, jak niezwykłe czeka ich doświadczenie. Opiekując się chorą na alzheimera teściową, Gillies towarzyszyła jej w szczególnej podróży w przejściu z realnego świata do alternatywnej rzeczywistości demencji. Opiekunka to nie tylko opowieść o życiu w cieniu alzheimera, to także sprawozdanie z fascynującego śledztwa, które odsłania mechanizmy rozwoju choroby. To książka, która stawia przed nami najbardziej fundamentalne pytania: Kim jesteśmy? Czy nadal będziemy sobą, jeśli zostaniemy pozbawieni wspomnień? Czym jest ludzka dusza?

      Opiekunka. Życie z Nancy2020
      3,9
    • 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.

      Andanzas - 645: Ferry de octubre a Gabriola2007
    • Penguin Modern Classics: Ultramarine

      • 208pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      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.

      Penguin Modern Classics: Ultramarine2000
      3,4
    • Prom na Gabriole

      • 304pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      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 Gabriole1995
    • Ultramarin. Roman

      • 220pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      In 'Ultramarin' präsentiert Malcolm Lowry seine apokalyptische Vision von Himmel und Hölle. Die Geschichte folgt Dana Hilliot, der auf einem Schiff arbeitet und sich bei der Crew unbeliebt macht, da er statt Landgängen lieber übermäßig trinkt.

      Ultramarin. Roman1995
      3,0
    • "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. Roman1985
      3,5
    • Ethan Llewelyn, ein ehemaliger Anwalt aus Wales, reist mit seiner Frau Jacqueline zur Insel Gabriola, die sie als Paradies imaginiert haben. Während der Busfahrt wird Ethan von Erinnerungen an seine traumatische Kindheit, den Selbstmord eines Freundes und den Abbruch seiner Karriere geplagt.

      Oktoberfähre nach Gabriola. Roman1981
    • Děj románu klasika angloamerické literatury se odehrává v mexickém městečku roku 1938, v době porážky španělských republikánů na Ebru. Pod vnějším rámcem posledního dne bývalého britského konzula, jenž hledá záchranu v alkoholu, kreslí obraz světa 20. století s hrozbou fašismu a rozpadem západní civilizace. Přeložil František Jungwirth, verše přeložil Jan Zábrana a ty španělské přeložila Pavla Lidmilová.

      Pod sopkou1980
    • Jeden deň bývalého konzula plný lásky, alkoholu, znechutenia, sebaľútosti, spomienok a utrpenia. Druhou hlavnou postavou je tu alkohol, ktorý je tu spoločenskou normou, cestou, únikom i záhubou, únikom pred problémami aj ich povodcom... Slovenská mutácia diela nie je zrovna najlepším počinom,prekladateľ Pavel Vilikovský ráta s tým, že čitateľ má nejaké základy zo španielčiny a latiny, nemecké state preložil kurzívou v slovenčine s akcentom – česká verzia to riešila poznámkami pod čiarou, čo knihe dodalo potrebnú atmosféru.

      Na úpätí sopky1978
    • Ultramarine

      • 187pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      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.

      Ultramarine1974
      3,7
    • Under the volcano

      • 400pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise is drinking, an activity that has overshadowed his life. On the most fateful day of the consul's life-- the Day of the Dead, 1938-- his wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac, inspired by a vision of life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse. She is determined to rescue Firmin and their failing marriage, but her mission is further complicated by the presence of Hugh, the consul's half brother, and Jacques, a childhood friend. The events of this one significant day unfold against an unforgettable backdrop of a Mexico at once magical and diabolical. "Under the Volcano" remains one of literature's most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition, and a brilliant portrayal of one man's constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him.

      Under the volcano1974
      3,6