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Le dieu de ses pères

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On retrouve ici le monde impitoyable du Grand dans ces terres de l’extrême, le christianisme n’a rien à apporter (« Le Dieu de ses pères ») et la mort est omniprésente; les hommes luttent constamment pour assurer leur survie. Dans le «Wild», la nature humaine se révèle mieux que partout ailleurs, avec sa noblesse et sa grandeur, mais aussi sa cruauté et sa mesquinerie (« L’Homme à la balafre »). Univers souvent absurde, à la fois violent et tendre, où le sens de la justice s’affirme (« Quand un homme se souvient »), où la passion parvient à conjurer l’ironie du destin (« Où bifurque la piste ») et peut même conduire, pour sauver l’autre, au sacrifice suprê celui de sa propre vie (« L’Abnégation des femmes »).Les nouvelles qui composent ce recueil apportent un éclairage passionnant sur le « choc des civilisations » provoqué par la ruée vers l’or du Klondike. Deux univers se celui des Blancs et celui des Indiens – et ce dernier vaut bien l’autre, prétendument plus « civilisé ».

224 pages, Paperback

Published February 19, 2009

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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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