Under the Volcano 火山之下

GeoffreyFirmin,aformerBritishconsul,hascometoQuauhnahuac,Mexico.Hisdebilitatingmalaiseisdrinking,anactivitythathasovershadowedhislife.Onthemostfatefuldayoftheconsul'slife--theDayoftheDead,1938--hiswife,Yvonne,arrivesinQuauhnahuac,inspiredbyavisionoflifetogetherawayfromMexicoandthecircumstancesthathavedriventheirrelationshiptothebrinkofcollapse.SheisdeterminedtorescueFirminandtheirfailingmarriage,buthermissionisfurthercomplicatedbythepresenceofHugh,theconsul'shalfbrother,andJacques,achildhoodfriend.TheeventsofthisonesignificantdayunfoldagainstanunforgettablebackdropofaMexicoatoncemagicalanddiabolical.UndertheVolcanoremainsoneofliterature'smostpowerfulandlyricalstatementsonthehumancondition,andabrilliantportrayalofoneman'sconstantstruggleagainsttheelementalforcesthatthreatentodestroyhim.