Under the Volcano
British novelist, 1909–1957.
Under the Volcano is a 1947 novel by Malcolm Lowry.
On 5 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Malcolm Lowry
- First published
- 1947
- Length
- 400 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Autobiographical, Psychological
Is Under the Volcano worth reading?
5 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and 100 books of the century (Le Monde).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 11 | See the list |
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 99 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 98 | See the list |
Best edition of Under the Volcano
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2000), 400 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2000)
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN
- 9780141182254
How critics and readers rate Under the Volcano
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 41% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Under the Volcano
If you liked Under the Volcano, try Invisible Man, Go Tell It on the Mountain or Sons and Lovers.
