Lowry, Malcolm 1909-1957

Malcolm Lowry's "La mordida" by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

8 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Although Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957) published only two novels - Ultramarine and Under the Volcano - in his lifetime, numerous other works, most of which have since been edited for publication, were in various stages of composition at his death. La Mordida, the longest and most significant of the manuscripts that have not been previously published, is a draft of a novel based on Lowry's visit to Mexico in 1945-46, which ended in the arrest and deportation of Lowry and his wife following a nightmarish run-in with corrupt immigration authorities. On its most immediate level, the title La Mordida - which means "the little bite," Mexican slang for the small bribe that officials are apt to demand in order to expedite matters - refers to the autobiographical protagonist's legal difficulties. In a larger sense, however, it also represents his inability to escape his past, to repay the fine, or debt, that he owes. The central narrative of La Mordida involves a descent into the abyss of self, culminating in the protagonist's symbolic rebirth at the book's end. Lowry planned to use this basic narrative pattern as the springboard for innumerable questions about such concerns as art, identity, the nature of existence, political issues, and alcoholism. Above all, La Mordida was to have been a metafictional work about an author who sees no point in living events if he cannot write about them, and who not only is unable to write but also suspects that he is just a character in a novel

The letters of Conrad Aiken and Malcolm Lowry, 1929-1954 by Conrad Aiken( Book )

6 editions published between 1989 and 1992 in English and held by 193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In ballast to the White Sea : a scholarly edition by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

9 editions published in 2014 in English and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A recently-rediscovered novel based in part on Lowry's life, recounts the story of a Cambridge undergraduate who aspires to be a writer but has come to believe that both his book and, in a sense, his life have already been "written

Selected letters of Malcolm Lowry by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

29 editions published between 1965 and 1985 in 3 languages and held by 96 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sursum corda! : the collected letters of Malcolm Lowry by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

27 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 77 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Malcolm Lowry, author of Under the Volcano and one of the most celebrated English novelists of this century, was also a writer of superb letters. Collected here for the first time are close to 800 letters spanning more than thirty years, most of them never before published and all of them carefully annotated. Lowry's letters range from his detailed, erudite, 35-page-long exegesis of his masterpiece to impassioned letters and notes to his wives. They include witty, ironic self-parodies, letters to younger writers, full of generous advice and literary discussion, and letters with analysis and acute insight into politics and current affairs. Lowry frequently illustrated his letters with drawings, marginal sketches and symbols of good cheer such as his seagulls which adorn many of the later letters

Swinging the maelstrom by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

9 editions published between 2013 and 2015 in English and held by 72 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A scholarly edition revealing the exact status of all the versions of the Malcolm Lowry novella that at different times was titled "The Last Address", "Swinging the Maelstrom" and "Lunar Caustic

The collected poetry of Malcolm Lowry by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

14 editions published between 1991 and 2009 in English and French and held by 67 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Plus connu pour ses romans, Malcolm Lowry accordait une grande importance à son travail poétique. Cette nouvelle traduction réunit près de 500 poèmes, achevés ou non, de ceux écrits lorsqu'il était au collège dans les années 1920 aux poèmes d'amour écrits au Canada et en Angleterre dans les années 1950

China and Kristbjorg's story in the Black Hills by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

5 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 60 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sotto il vulcano : romanzo by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

17 editions published between 1961 and 2013 in Italian and held by 48 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The letters of Malcolm Lowry and Gerald Noxon, 1940-1952 by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

10 editions published between 1988 and 2009 in English and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide