Name: Los Mejores Cuentos de los Mares del sur (in Spanish)
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Author: Jack London
ISBN: 9788496707788

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Los Mejores Cuentos de los Mares del sur (in Spanish)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jack London

Publisher

Navona

Year

2012

Language

Spanish

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

ISBN

8496707784

ISBN13

9788496707788

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "Los Mejores Cuentos de los Mares del sur (in Spanish)"

These powerful stories, which vividly evoke the turn-of-the-century colonial Pacific and its tropical landscape, derive their intensity from the author’s own far-flung adventures. Conveying a tortuous inner journey captured in a narrative in which nature is cruel and indifferent to human suffering, this collection shifts between cannibals, headhunters, and pearl and slave traders on the islands. Few authors have portrayed these seas with more passion and conviction. Estas historias de gran alcance, que claramente evocan el Pacífico colonial a finales del siglo con su paisaje tropical, derivan su intensidad de las aventuras lejanas del autor mismo. Transmitiendo un camino interior tortuoso captado en una narración en la que la naturaleza es cruel e indiferente al sufrimiento humano, esta colección presenta a caníbales, cazadores de cabezas, comerciantes de perlas y traficantes de esclavos en las islas. Pocos autores han descrito estos mares con más pasión y convicción.

Jack London

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Jack London (1876-1916), pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney, is one of the great American writers of the early 20th century. His world is inspired by a very subjective interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and is built on the principle of survival of the fittest. Born in San Francisco, he was essentially a self-taught child who avidly read the collections of the public library. At seventeen, he embarked on his first schooner, heading to Japan. After several experiences as a sailor and vagabond -which also led to his imprisonment-, London attended Oakland High School and later, the University of California, which he had to leave due to financial problems. Like many, he suffered from gold fever until he finally turned to writing.

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