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La Llamada de la Naturaleza / Bâtard

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First published January 1, 1980

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Jack London

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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".

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Profile Image for Andrés Cabrera.
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November 5, 2014
No conocía nada de Jack London, pero debo decir que la precisión de sus relatos me fascinó. Y es que no es fácil-al menos para mí- encontrarse con un protagonista no humano. Me hace sentir como si estuviese leyendo una historia infantil, pero éste no es el caso. Tanto Batard como El llamado de la naturaleza son dos historias maduras, increíblemente contundentes, que remiten a lo más instintivo del corpus del ser vivo. Ambas historias se retuercen alrededor del dilema entre la "educación" y lo más constitutivo, inherente al ser vivo: eso que, casi siempre, llamamos "instinto".

Cada historia juega con esa dualidad a su manera. Si el perro Batard termina por condenarse a su educación basada en el maltrato, Buck, el protagonista de "El llamado de la Naturaleza", termina por confiarse a su instinto, con todas las implicaciones que ello trae. Ambas historias son excelentes. Si bien no tiendo a leer mucho de este género, considero que London tiene demasiada fuerza y precisión en su relato. Ninguna palabra, menos un párrafo, sobra.
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13 reviews
June 18, 2024
Raro, perro asesino. Me dio pena.
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24 reviews
May 30, 2025
Jamás me imaginé que leería una historia desde la perspectiva de un perro.
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March 17, 2017
Esta edición está compuesta de la novela corta "La llamada de la naturaleza" y del relato corto "Batard". Con el frío norte y los perros como protagonistas, Jack London consigue transportarnos hasta la época y el lugar, y meternos en el pellejo de los protagonistas desde las primeras páginas.

Como todas las novelas de London, fantásticas narraciones que "humanizan" a los perros y que en ocasiones "animalizan" a los humanos.
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