The Portable Jack London - Couverture souple

London, Jack

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140179690 ISBN 13 : 9780140179699

Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 1994

Synopsis

Alfred Kazin has aptly remarked that "the greatest story Jack London ever wrote was the story he lived." Newsboy, factory "work beast," gang member, hobo, sailor, Klondike argonaut, socialist crusader, war correspondent, utopian farmer, and world-famous adventurer: London is the closest thing America has had to a literary folk hero. His writing itself is concerned with nothing less than the largest questions and the grandest themes: What does it mean to be a human being in the natural world? What debts do human beings owe each other - and to all their fellow creatures? This collection places London, at last, securely within the American literary pantheon. It includes the complete novel The Call of the Wild; such famous stories as "Love of Life," "To Build a Fire," and "All Gold Canyon"; journalism, political writings, literary criticism, and selected letters.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jack London (1876-1916) was born John Chaney in Pennsylvania, USA. In 1896 he was caught up in the gold rush to the Klondike river in north-west Canada, which became the inspiration for The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906). Jack London became one of the most widely read writers in the world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140179690
• ISBN 13: 9780140179699
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 608
• Éditeur: Labor Dr. Earle
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• Personne responsable: non disponible