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Strannik po zvezdam
Cheloveka nevozmozhno smirit.Zhazhdu svobody nevozmozhno unichtozhit.Takova osnovnaja tema pochti neizvestnogo sovremennomu otechestvennomu chitatelju, no nekogda neobyknovenno populjarnogo fantasticheskogo romana Dzheka Londona, geroj kotorogo, objavlennyj sumasshedshim, v dejstvitelnosti obladaet porazitelnym darom - usiliem voli pokidat svoe fizicheskoe telo i stranstvovat po samym otdalennym epokham i stranam.Emu ne nuzhna mashina vremeni - mashina vremeni on sam. Brennaja plot mozhet tomitsja za reshetkoj - no razve eto vazhno, esli svobodny razum i dukh?..
448 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2024
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Jack London
7,634 books7,684 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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