Jack London

Broschiertes Buch

The Jacket (The Star-Rover)

Beschreibung

The Jacket - The Star-Rover by Jack London - The Star Rover is a novel by American essayist Jack London distributed in 1915 (distributed in the United Kingdom as The Jacket). It is an account of reincarnation.A outlining story is told in the principal individual by Darrell Standing, a college teacher serving life detainment in San Quentin State Prison for homicide. Jail authorities attempt to break his soul through a torment gadget called "the coat," a material coat which can be firmly bound to pack the entire body, initiating angina. Standing finds how to endure the torment by entering a sort of daze state, in which he strolls among the stars and encounters parts of past lives.I trample interstellar space, commended by the information that I was bound on immense experience, where, toward the end, I would track down every one of the inestimable formulae and have clarified to me a definitive mystery of the universe. In my grasp I conveyed a long glass wand. It was borne in upon me that with the tip of this wand I should contact each star in passing. Also, I knew, in everything completeness, that did I however miss one star I ought to be accelerated into some unplummeted pit of unbelievable and timeless discipline and culpability.

Autor

Jack London, born John Griffith Chaney on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California, was an American novelist, journalist, and activist. He is considered a pioneer of commercial fiction and a key figure in the rise of American magazines. London became one of the first American authors to achieve international fame and wealth through his writing. His works, which often explored themes of survival, individualism, and nature, were heavily influenced by thinkers like Friedrich Nietzsche, Charles Darwin, and Karl Marx. London married twice; his first wife was Elizabeth Maddern, whom he married in 1900 and divorced in 1904, and his second wife was Charmian London, whom he married in 1905 and remained with until his death. He had two daughters, Joan and Becky London. Jack London's adventurous spirit was reflected in his personal life, as well as in his writing, where he drew from his own experiences, including his time in the Klondike and his travels around the world. He passed away at the age of 40 on November 22, 1916, in Glen Ellen, California.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: DOUBLE 9 BOOKSLLP
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9789356561014
• ISBN-10: 935656101X
• Artikelnr.: 67363411