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Cartas de Jack London
Escrita entre 1897 e 1916, até um mês antes da sua morte, a correspondência de London desvenda o retrato de um homem confiante e sensível, com rasgos de grande coragem e generosidade, mas também ferozmente obstinado e capaz de uma franqueza brutal.
Jack London (1876-1916), apesar da sua curta vida, deixou milhares de cartas, tendo despendido longas horas em trabalho epistolar. Escrita entre 1897 e 1916, até um mês antes da sua morte, a correspondência de London desvenda o retrato de um homem confiante e sensível, com rasgos de grande coragem e generosidade, mas também ferozmente obstinado e capaz de uma franqueza brutal.
Reflectindo as contrariedades de uma era dinâmica, de milagres tecnológicos e profunda instabilidade cultural e espiritual, estas cartas levam-nos a uma viagem pela América do Big Business, dos novos meios de massas, revelando a imagem mítica que London cultivava de si mesmo, a sua capacidade de autopromoção e luta pela sobrevivência, e o respeito que sempre demonstrou pelos valores da amizade.
Implacável com os editores, tomando-os como pessoas sem escrúpulos, e em quem não deposita confiança, mantém, no entanto, uma relação com George P. Brett, presidente da Macmillan Company, durante quinze anos.
As suas cartas de amor são das mais reveladoras. A correspondência com Anna Strunsky, o seu segundo grande amor, mostra um London apaixonado, tanto na vida como na escrita. Nunca deixava uma carta por responder…
Jack London (1876-1916), apesar da sua curta vida, deixou milhares de cartas, tendo despendido longas horas em trabalho epistolar. Escrita entre 1897 e 1916, até um mês antes da sua morte, a correspondência de London desvenda o retrato de um homem confiante e sensível, com rasgos de grande coragem e generosidade, mas também ferozmente obstinado e capaz de uma franqueza brutal.
Reflectindo as contrariedades de uma era dinâmica, de milagres tecnológicos e profunda instabilidade cultural e espiritual, estas cartas levam-nos a uma viagem pela América do Big Business, dos novos meios de massas, revelando a imagem mítica que London cultivava de si mesmo, a sua capacidade de autopromoção e luta pela sobrevivência, e o respeito que sempre demonstrou pelos valores da amizade.
Implacável com os editores, tomando-os como pessoas sem escrúpulos, e em quem não deposita confiança, mantém, no entanto, uma relação com George P. Brett, presidente da Macmillan Company, durante quinze anos.
As suas cartas de amor são das mais reveladoras. A correspondência com Anna Strunsky, o seu segundo grande amor, mostra um London apaixonado, tanto na vida como na escrita. Nunca deixava uma carta por responder…
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382 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
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Jack London
7,709 books7,712 followersJohn Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.
London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".
London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".
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January 19, 2025
The book lived the extreme adventures narrated by the American writer Jack London (1876-1916), mainly in his great forty years of existence.
An alcoholic and quarrelsome teenager, London was a pirate in the California rivers. He was arrested after traveling the United States and Canada by hitchhiking on trains. In addition, he was a laborer, miner, socialist militant, sailor, and seal hunter in the Pacific Ocean.
At the turn of the century, he ran for gold in the Alaskan snow. His life and experiences are described in about fifty books, including novels, biographies, short stories, and science fiction. In these works, he mixed his life with fantasy and vice versa.
London, based mainly on the vast correspondence, gives a different course to the writer's life. Nevertheless, his wandering and different trajectories have elevated him to a myth of American literature.
Reading this book, we discover the secret behind the vast production of London in a short time of work, amid all the activity, drugs, and drunkenness. No matter what, Jack wrote a thousand words a day.
London's contradictions, influenced by Nietzsche, who wrote pamphlets that slipped into racism and eugenics, and even the accusations of plagiarism he suffered, are also present.
An alcoholic and quarrelsome teenager, London was a pirate in the California rivers. He was arrested after traveling the United States and Canada by hitchhiking on trains. In addition, he was a laborer, miner, socialist militant, sailor, and seal hunter in the Pacific Ocean.
At the turn of the century, he ran for gold in the Alaskan snow. His life and experiences are described in about fifty books, including novels, biographies, short stories, and science fiction. In these works, he mixed his life with fantasy and vice versa.
London, based mainly on the vast correspondence, gives a different course to the writer's life. Nevertheless, his wandering and different trajectories have elevated him to a myth of American literature.
Reading this book, we discover the secret behind the vast production of London in a short time of work, amid all the activity, drugs, and drunkenness. No matter what, Jack wrote a thousand words a day.
London's contradictions, influenced by Nietzsche, who wrote pamphlets that slipped into racism and eugenics, and even the accusations of plagiarism he suffered, are also present.
January 22, 2025
Um livro que me acompanhou na passagem de navio de 2024 para 2025. Apenas com O Apelo da Selva e a Peste Escarlate na bagagem parti pelas entrelinhas das cartas escritas em vida de Jack London. Não há nada melhor biograficamente que a correspondência do próprio autor, tanto em cartas mesquinhas e de assuntos técnico-financeiros como as mais íntimas provas de amor por Charmian e amigos próximos. Um darwinista socialista com uma visão filosófica muito apurada do Mundo e da Humanidade, com alguns traços racistas intrínsecos às teorias darwinistas. Mas a necessidade de escrever para respirar, comer e viver é o que dá a magnitude e a magnânima forma da sua prosa. Uma vida inspiradora para qualquer aspirante a escritor.
Teu,
Filipe Carvalho
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Filipe Carvalho
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