Strannik po zvezdam

by Jack London

Poslednij i samyj zagadochnyj roman, opublikovannyj pri zhizni avtora - "Strannik po zvezdam". Kniga o tom, chto dlja cheloveka net pregrad, esli on tolko sam sebe ne oboznachit granitsy. Roman plenjaet muzhestvennostju i stojkostju chelovecheskogo dukha ne tolko pered litsom opasnostej, no i pered samoj smertju. Darrel Stending otbyvaet srok v odinochnoj kamere kalifornijskoj tjurmy. Nadzirateli v nej primenjajut nechelovecheskie zakljuchennykh odevajut v smiritelnye rubashki, zatjagivaja remni do krovi i treska kostej, i ves etot ad prodolzhaetsja ne minuty i chasy, a dni i dazhe nedeli. Darrel uznaet sekret peremeschenija dukha vo vremeni i prostranstve i, chtoby zaglushit bol ot pytok i odinochestva, prevraschaetsja v mezhzvezdnogo skitaltsa, ustremljajas v proshloe, v svoi prezhnie voploschenija.

320 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2023

About the author

John 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".