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| Original Title: | The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories |
| ISBN: | 0192835149 (ISBN13: 9780192835147) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Buck, Spitz, John Thornton, White Fang, Bâtard |
| Setting: | Alaska(United States) |
Jack London
Paperback | Pages: 400 pages Rating: 3.99 | 19561 Users | 265 Reviews
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When reading Jack London's work, I reach a cathartic experience that is usually only achievable by a powerful film (Schindler's List, Gladiator, Munich). However, Jack London is able to achieve that (at least for me) without the emotional orchestral soundtrack, or the film techniques used in modern cinema today. He is able to have me pause and contemplate the way I have lived my life and how I will continue. His sentences take me to a place where there is no iphone, ipads, ipods, no "generation me." It brings my focus back to the human emotion, the human experiences. Slowly but surely, the world of Fahrenheit 451 will soon be our world, and before long, we will be living in the world of 1984. Call of The Wild and White Fang helps me not to be apart of that.
Describe Of Books The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
| Title | : | The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories |
| Author | : | Jack London |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
| Published | : | August 20th 1998 by Oxford University Press, USA (first published 1906) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Literature. Short Stories. Adventure |
Rating Of Books The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
Ratings: 3.99 From 19561 Users | 265 ReviewsWrite-Up Of Books The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
Reading this as an adult was definitely a surprised experience - I didn't remember how dark it was. Jack London's style was fascinating - the only emotion in the book is what I brought to it. He kept the story from an animal's perspective - no emotion, just relating to it as far as how it affected Buck's survival and well-being. Great read. Now to re-read White Fang...The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonAnother version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at:- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...The Call of the Wild has been included on The Modern Library top of Best Books in the English language, available at:- http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/...I had qualms about it, when I first found it on this list of best novels, thinking that a book for children should not get so much attention.But it proved me wrong.It is a fabulous story,
As a study of a particular kind of early constructed masculinity via metaphor, this book is invaluable. I say book because Call and Fang form a sort of single narrative--the movement from civilization to "the wild" and the movement back (though not by the same dog). The last 10 pages of Call are genius that surpasses the rest of the book, and the first third of Fang is really quite good (the first two chapters alone would make a pretty incredible supernatural horror movie). I don't have to
This man was undoubtedly a good writer, his concise, tight occasionally prosaic phrasing works well, reminding me a little, and only a little, of William Goulding.Each books stands on it own merits; Call of the Wild4-Stars Excellent! Stars White Fang in a cameo role, some great descriptive prose which captures a sense of the Alaskan wilderness well as well as contextualising the brutality of man and beast.White Fang 2-Stars Call of the Wild in reverse; brutality of the wilderness, hate,savagery
This amazing compilation of Jack Londons work is a keeper. The main two stories that comprise this edition are Call of the Wild and White fang. I'll review the two main stories first.call of the wild was an incredible story about a dog being dog napped and whisked away to the north through a series of events. A brutal story of a dog named Buck being put up against the odds of pain and starvation. a quick learn and a formidable body size puts you in the heart of the Yukon, in the dead of winter.
Growing up in California almost equidistant from their hometowns, John Steinbeck resonated with me more than Jack London. Other than reading To Build a Fire (thank you, Mr. Libolt!), I knew almost nothing about London. I didnt even know that we attended the same school (U.C. Berkeley), much less that he led such a fascinating life. I like to think that I can appreciate him more now that I also have time to enjoy animals and the outdoors. This Oxford collection is the best place to start. It is
Jack London was really, really good at what he did, and what he did was craft stories about dogs (or with dogs) where the main focus is the animal and its place in the world - the tug between the Wild and the comforts of civilization. The biggest question in The Call of the Wild and White Fang (which was sometimes referred to as The Call of the Tame, apparently) was always "At what point does the wolf become a dog, or the dog the wolf?" Many books will make you question what it means to be human
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