Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place and Lunar Caustic

Omnibus edition including Hear Us O Lord From Heaven - a collection of stories, fictional reminiscences and novels in miniature and Lunar Caustic - a visionary account of the time that the author spent in a mental hospital.

`Hear Us O Lord' is an ancient Manx fishermen's hymn, the words of which echo through this collection of stories, fictional reminiscences and novels in miniature. Lowry's feeling for the sea and the whole of nature threads each episode: a strange and compelling voyage through the Panama Canal ; an idyllic yet disturbing sojourn on the wild Pacific Coast of Canada; a hilarious account of the journey of a steamer full of animals.

For the first time this edition includes Lunar Caustic, Lowry's visionary account of his time spent in Bellevue Hospital. It is, as one reviewer wrote, 'a meticulous, passionate book, the rare work that springs from direct involvement yet is polished, perfected, refelt and reconsidered over the years. It sets down the horrors of alcoholism with an intensity that, as happens in any art at a high level, turns pain into pleasure, squalor into beauty'.

The cover shows a detail from 'Upper Deck' by Charles Sheeler, in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University