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Joe est boxeur. Il s’apprête à se marier. Mais avant, il doit encore livrer combat, le dernier promet-il à sa fiancée, qui lui permettra de gagner les cent dollars, nécessaires à leur installation. Il doit affronter une brute épaisse, à la force terrifiante. Joe, plus fluet, compte sur son intelligence du “jeu”. Tout se jouera au dernier round. C’est ce combat de David contre Goliath, de la finesse contre la force, que raconte London, lui-même grand amateur de boxe, dans ce récit peu connu mais tout à fait emblématique de son œuvre.
- GenresFiction
59 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2001
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About the author
Jack London
7,720 books7,717 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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September 3, 2024
Le jour où j'ai découvert que Jack London avait une écriture magnifique, si belle et fluide, et que ses livres n'étaient pas (comme je l'imaginais... Croc-Blanc s'il vous plaît) hyper ringards, ma vie a changé.
Lisez Martin Eden, en priorité, mais n'hésitez pas à lui donner sa chance si vous ne l'avez jamais fait.
... J'ai aimé une NOUVELLE (je déteste les nouvelles)... sur la BOXE (je me fiche de la boxe).
Il n'était pas parfait non plus, hein, mais ce que j'ai lu de lui c'était pépite ✨
Lisez Martin Eden, en priorité, mais n'hésitez pas à lui donner sa chance si vous ne l'avez jamais fait.
... J'ai aimé une NOUVELLE (je déteste les nouvelles)... sur la BOXE (je me fiche de la boxe).
Il n'était pas parfait non plus, hein, mais ce que j'ai lu de lui c'était pépite ✨
December 18, 2017
histoire très courte mais efficace qui nous décrit le monde de la boxe, l'euphorie du jeu mais aussi le revers de la médaille. En quelques pages on s'attache aux personnages de Joe et Geneviève. Il y a également cette promesse qui scelle un avenir.
July 22, 2011
Bonne nouvelle
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