LOWRY, MALCOLM. Autograph manuscript diary, dated intermittenly between 10 April and 2 September 1945. [Dollarton, British Columbia]. 18 pages, 4to, in pencil on pulp paper, some slight chipping or fraying to several edges, in binder and board case ; actually in very good condition. "WED. 11TH, WORKED ON '[UNDER THE] VOLCANO' IN MORNING" A remarkable document of some 5000 words in which Lowry mentions working on his masterpiece Under the Volcano , writes of his emotional and mental states, his life with his wife Margerie in their cabin in the woods at Dollarton, his dreams and poetic vision (a page towards the end of the diary consists of a working draft of a poem), his drinking, his reading (Thomas Hardy and John Gould Fletcher), his dependence on his wife, work around their cabin, V-E Day, the fire that destroyed their previous cabin, etc. Quotations from various entries: "Margie in town & myself lost as usual without her." My contact with reality is sometimes not strong." "An enormous hangover...shattering and black." "Woke in vile mood. M. ditto." "M. in pain. We have awful scenes at home. It is my fault. I am making her pay for my dwindling self-esteem." "Worked on [ Under the ] Volcano in morning...myself too easily entranced in the midst of inaction." "My life is unimaginable chaos without Margie. I sleep in filth." "May 20. Have been getting up earlier each day...nearly finished [ Under the ] Volcano ." The final entry: "Sept. 2. Lying in bed, I hear, over the water a train drives in a last weary nail. Diary not written up for long over a month, & a disastrous month it has been." Malcolm Lowry manuscript material is extremely rare on the market.
LOWRY, MALCOLM. Autograph manuscript diary, dated intermittenly between 10 April and 2 September 1945. [Dollarton, British Columbia]. 18 pages, 4to, in pencil on pulp paper, some slight chipping or fraying to several edges, in binder and board case ; actually in very good condition. "WED. 11TH, WORKED ON '[UNDER THE] VOLCANO' IN MORNING" A remarkable document of some 5000 words in which Lowry mentions working on his masterpiece Under the Volcano , writes of his emotional and mental states, his life with his wife Margerie in their cabin in the woods at Dollarton, his dreams and poetic vision (a page towards the end of the diary consists of a working draft of a poem), his drinking, his reading (Thomas Hardy and John Gould Fletcher), his dependence on his wife, work around their cabin, V-E Day, the fire that destroyed their previous cabin, etc. Quotations from various entries: "Margie in town & myself lost as usual without her." My contact with reality is sometimes not strong." "An enormous hangover...shattering and black." "Woke in vile mood. M. ditto." "M. in pain. We have awful scenes at home. It is my fault. I am making her pay for my dwindling self-esteem." "Worked on [ Under the ] Volcano in morning...myself too easily entranced in the midst of inaction." "My life is unimaginable chaos without Margie. I sleep in filth." "May 20. Have been getting up earlier each day...nearly finished [ Under the ] Volcano ." The final entry: "Sept. 2. Lying in bed, I hear, over the water a train drives in a last weary nail. Diary not written up for long over a month, & a disastrous month it has been." Malcolm Lowry manuscript material is extremely rare on the market.
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