Lowry, Malcolm 1909-1957

Trio : a book of stories, plays, and poems by Harold Peter Simonson( Book )

2 editions published in 1965 in English and held by 248 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When his family leaves their war-torn country to come to live in America, a young boy has trouble adjusting, until his grandfather helps him find what he had missed most

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

8 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 230 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 in 1992 in English and held by 195 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The collected poetry of Malcolm Lowry by Malcolm Lowry( )

14 editions published between 1991 and 2009 in English and held by 139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Selected letters of Malcolm Lowry by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

29 editions published between 1965 and 1985 in English and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Swinging the maelstrom by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

10 editions published between 2013 and 2015 in English and held by 86 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

Lunar caustic by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

19 editions published between 1963 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 82 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An autobiographical novella that tells the story of Bill Plantagenet, a piano player and ex-sailor who has lost his band and his mind drinking in New York

Ecoute notre voix, ô seigneur ... : nouvelles by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

18 editions published between 1962 and 2005 in French and Undetermined and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

These illustrations have been reproduced in both volumes of The Collected Letters of Malcolm Lowry together with many photographs of Lowry and his correspondents, and reproductions of interesting holograph letters

Sous le volcan : roman by Malcolm Lowry( Book )

7 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in French and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dans la chaleur de la Côte mexicaine, récit cyclique de l'autodestruction de Geoffrey Firmin, ancien consul alcoolique