Lost Face

Цена 18.95 - 25.20 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9780812219357

Брэнд Pine Street Books

Автор


Страниц 248

Год выпуска 2005

Lost Face Lost Face, Trust, That Spot, Flush of Gold, The Passing of Marcus O"Brien, The Wit of Porportuk, To Build a Fire Jack London "Painted in broad, sweeping strokes, each tale is a tour de force."--New York Times At his peak, about the time this collection was first published in 1910, Jack London was the highest-paid and perhaps the most popular living American writer. Lost Face consists of seven short works, including the title story and his finest and best-known short story, "To Build a Fire." Now in paperback for the first time, this collection appears as it was originally published. Jack London grew up in poverty, educated himself through public libraries, and, in addition to writing, devoted his life to promoting socialism (although he eventually resigned from the Socialist Party). Despite his financial and critical success, in the end he succumbed to alcoholism and depression and died of a drug overdose. During the 1898 gold rush, London traveled to the Klondike to seek...