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La peste escarlata
86 pages, Paperback
Published April 18, 2024
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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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May 22, 2025
Es la primera vez que leo a Jack London. Siempre lo he relacionando con Colmillo blanco y otras novelas de aventuras, pero este relato post apocalíptico me ha encantado. Nos sitúa en un planeta Tierra, el cual ha sido arrasado por una enfermedad conocida como la peste escarlata. Años después de lo ocurrido, los supervivientes viven como tribus y vagan por un mundo asolado por la enfermedad. Toda la descripción que hace el personaje principal, el cual vivió en sus carnes todo lo ocurrido y fue de los pocos que huyeron que consiguió sobrevivir, es tremebunda y en ocasiones, dolorosa. Muy recomendable.
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