Under the Volcano

Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. Here the consuls debilitating malaise is drinking, and activity that has overshadowed his life. Under the Volcano is set during the most fateful day of the consuls life - the Day of the Dead, 1938. His wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac to rescue him and their failing marriage, inspired by a vision of life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse. Yvonnes mission is to save the consul is further complicated by the presence of Hugh, the consuls half-brother, and Jacques, a childhood friend. The events of this one day unfold against a backdrop unforgettable for its evocation of a Mexico at once magical and diabolical. Under the Volcano remains one of the most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition and one mans constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him.

Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. Here the consuls debilitating malaise is drinking, and activity that has overshadowed his life. Under the Volcano is set during the most fateful day of the consuls life - the Day of the Dead, 1938. His wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac to rescue him and their failing marriage, inspired by a vision of life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse. Yvonnes mission is to save the consul is further complicated by the presence of Hugh, the consuls half-brother, and Jacques, a childhood friend. The events of this one day unfold against a backdrop unforgettable for its evocation of a Mexico at once magical and diabolical. Under the Volcano remains one of the most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition and one mans constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him.