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Times
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Beer, whisky, mescal — this is the great novel of alcoholic self-destruction
In 1938, when he had already spent two years labouring on Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry sent his friend Conrad Aiken a new year's greeting. 'Don't think I can go on,' he told his fellow writer. 'Where I am it is dark. Lost.' After that things got really bad. Lowry's wife divorced him. He was imprisoned for fighting with fascist street thugs near his home in Cuernavaca, then deported from Mexico. He wrote and rewrote this great novel of alcoholic self-destruction, restarting from the beginning at least four times, his task made harder because he was frequently incapacitated by drink. He nearly lost the lot when the squatter's shack he had moved to in Vancouver burnt down. Then, when he completed what he knew to be his masterpiece, it was refused by 12 publishers.
Mail & Guardian
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Mail & Guardian
‘Under the Volcano' film screened
The ambassador of Ukraine, Liubov Abravitova (left), the European Union's Sandra Kramer (centre) and the ambassador of PolandAdam Burakowski (right) attend the screening On 29 May, the European Union and the embassies of Poland and Ukraine in South Africa hosted a premier screening of the award-winning film, Under the Volcano, at Brooklyn Mall in Pretoria. The film, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2024, is directed by Polish director Damian Kocur. It is a portrayal of the emotional state of the young Ukrainian family, which is struck by the outbreak of war on the last day of their vacation in Tenerife, Spain. Their return to Kyiv turns out to be impossible because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. HE Sandra Kramer of the European Union addressed guests, saying: 'Together, the EU and partners continue to work towards a comprehensive, just and lasting peace based on the principles of the UN Charter and international law.' She said the EU is unwavering in its support for Ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
