Jack London - Libros y biografía

Jack London (January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916), was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was...

He was a very sick white man. He rode pick-a-back on a woolly-headed, black-skinned savage, the lobes of whose ears had been pierced and stretched until one had torn out, while the other carried a circular...

Written in 1906, "Before Adam" is a bit of a departure from London's other novels. It revolves around the dreams of a young boy, dreams that involve racial memories and the knowledge of his prior existence...

Inspired by the examples of his heroes Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Joshua Slocum, Jack London determined to sail around the world. In April 1907 he sailed from San Francisco in the forty-five-foot...

Dystopian Plague Classic! The year is 2072, and the earth has been depopulated by a plague epidemic that struck in 2013. The victims of the scarlet plague are dead within an hour or less of the first...

Jack London (January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916), was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was...

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and...

Dans l'infini glacé du Grand Nord, rares sont ceux qui échappent à la sauvagerie. Né mi-loup mi-chien, Croc-Blanc expérimente une dure lutte pour sa survie. Tué ou être tué, la règle est simple, instinctive,...

La vida tranquil·la i relaxada del Buck, un gos domèstic que ha nascut en una casa benestant, canvia radicalment d'un dia per l'altre quan uns buscadors d'or sense escrúpols el segresten de la casa del...

The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central...

“La Strada” è la nuda narrazione di un giovane Jack London che attraversa le assolate, pericolose e polverose vie d’una America in estinzione, quella d’un paese rurale che sembra dissolversi sotto la...

Buck non leggeva i giornali; altrimenti avrebbe saputo che maturavano guai, non soltanto per lui, ma per tutti i cani da guardia dai muscoli forti e dal pelo lungo e soffice; da Puget Sound a San Diego....

Martin Eden is a 1909 novel by American author Jack London about a young proletarian autodidact struggling to become a writer. It was first serialized in The Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908...

Diese Ausgabe setzt die deutsche Übersetzung neben den englischen Originaltext. Der Ich-Erzähler, Humphrey van Weyden, ein wohlhabender Literaturkritiker und Büchernarr, erleidet in der Bucht von San...

Diese Ausgabe setzt die deutsche Übersetzung neben den englischen Originaltext. Der Ich-Erzähler, Humphrey van Weyden, ein wohlhabender Literaturkritiker und Büchernarr, erleidet in der Bucht von San...

Martin Eden is a novel written by American author Jack London, published in 1909. It is considered one of London's most significant works and is often regarded as a semi-autobiographical novel. The story...

Ces huit nouvelles de Jack London publiées en 1899 relatent les aventures des trappeurs et des mineurs du Grand Nord, dans des conditions de vie extrêmes et un milieu hostile où seuls les plus forts survivront.

La Force des forts (titre original : The Strength of the Strong) est une nouvelle américaine de Jack London publiée aux États-Unis en 1911. Devant sa caverne préhistorique, Barbe-Longue, un ancien, raconte...

È passato un secolo dalla sua morte e London continua a vivere con noi proprio in virtù dell'energia che seppe imprimere al suo percorso letterario. Questo libro, una scelta di riflessioni, articoli e...

I racconti riuniti in questo volume ci parlano di un Jack London per certi aspetti inedito. Del Jack London socialista e rivoluzionario. Del Jack London finanziatore di giornali sovversivi e conferenziere...

Finalmente riunite in un unico volume tutte le storie di boxe scritte da Jack London: Lo sport del ring, Una bistecca, Il bruto delle caverne e Il messicano. In più a impreziosire questo libro curato...

A young man in modern America is terrorized by visions of an earlier, primitive life. Across the enormous chasm of thousands of centuries, his consciousness has become entwined with that of Big-Tooth,...

Dans le Grand Nord sauvage et glacé, un jeune loup apprend à lutter pour la vie. Les premiers hommes qu'il rencontre, des Indiens, le baptisent Croc-Blanc. Auprès d'eux, il connaît la chaleur du feu de...

Dans le Grand Nord sauvage et glacé, un jeune loup apprend à lutter pour la vie. Les premiers hommes qu'il rencontre, des Indiens, le baptisent Croc-Blanc. Auprès d'eux, il connaît la chaleur du feu de...

È un freddo mattino d’inverno quando, nel territorio dello Yukon, un uomo si mette in cammino per raggiungere i compagni che si trovano alla vecchia miniera, sul ramo sinistro dell’Henderson Creek. Un...

Die John Barleycorn Übersetzung ist eine romantisierte Autobiografie. Der Erzähler berichtet uns, wie ihn sein ganzes Leben lang eine Art Doppelgänger ständig begleitete: John Barleycorn, der in Amerika...

A triangle romance provides the basis for a questioning of the meaning of masculinity, as well as an examination of agribusiness in California. Jack London said of this novel: "It is all sex from start...

Été 1902, Jack London s’immerge pendant sept semaines dans les bas-fonds de Londres. De cette immersion en ressort un témoignage qu’il publie en 1903. Il montre avec une implacable lucidité une société...

Era la legge della vita, ed era giusta. Egli era nato vicino alla terra, era vissuto, e la legge perciò non gli era nuova. Era la legge di tutti gli animali. La natura non è buona col singolo. Non si...

Fu il crollo completo, assoluto!Diecimila anni di cultura e di civiltà svanirono come bolle d’aria, in un batter d’occhio! Il mondo meraviglioso e possente che ho conosciuto, al tempo della mia giovinezza,...