Il Richiamo della Foresta

by Jack London

96 pages, Paperback

Published October 27, 2011

About the author

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".

Reviews

[Marilù · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bello, a tratti meraviglioso. Evocativo, ma finale troppo affrettato.

[J∞y · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un'avventura di vita, ricca di lezioni e coraggio, di forza e astuzia, di fredda e cruda brutalità. Buck è un cane senza eguali, che dopo esser stato venduto riscopre la sua vita e i suoi istinti primitivi; che lasciando la sua tranquilla esistenza scopre la fame e la violenza, ma anche la gioia di vivere e l'amore per l'uomo che gli salva la vita. Questo breve romanzo è molto più di un semplice racconto per ragazzi! 🐺💚