Jack London: A Life

Jack London: A Life

AngličtinaEbook
Kershaw, Alex
HarperCollins Publishers
EAN: 9780007496631
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A full-blooded, pacy biography of one of the most charismatic writers of the century, whose life and work were to inspire Hemingway, Steinbeck, Kerouac and Mailer. 'We cannot help but read on': TLS. 'The energy, dynamism and sheer bursting life-force of Jack London bowls you over': Scotsman.Jack London's life story (1876-1916) is as dramatic as any of the fiction he wrote. Born illegitimate in San Francisco, he was (in his teens) an oyster pirate, seal-hunter, hobo, Klondike goldminer - and spectacular drinker.On publication of The Call of the Wild in 1903, he became the most highly publicised writer in the world. Subsequent books, including Martin Eden, White Fang, The Iron Heel, The People of the Abyss, John Barleycorn, The Sea Wolf, continue in print as world classics in many languages.Apart from writing 50 books, he lectured for the Socialist Party in America; was a war correspondent in Korea and Mexico; introduced surfing to the West Coast; sailed the seven seas in his yacht, the Snark.
EAN 9780007496631
ISBN 000749663X
Typ produktu Ebook
Vydavateľ HarperCollins Publishers
Dátum vydania 11. apríla 2013
Stránky 368
Jazyk English
Krajina United Kingdom
Autori Kershaw, Alex