Jack London

Born into poverty in San Francisco in 1876, Jack London is one of the most well-known and beloved of all American authors, as well as one of the first Americans to become world famous and wealthy from his literary career. London lived a colorful and adventurous life as a young man, working as a sailor and then living as a hobo, all before starting high school. "John Barleycorn", which draws its name from an old English folksong, is as close to an autobiography that Jack London ever wrote. London's love of alcohol is professed quite profusely in this work, however that love is tempered by the recognition of the toll that alcohol bears. As he writes, "This strength John Barleycorn gives is not fictitious strength. It is real strength.... But it is manufactured out of the sources of strength, and it must ultimately be paid for, and with interest." A telling semi-autobiographical novel, "John Barleycorn" provides a captivating insight into the struggle with an addiction to alcohol that plagued London for most of his life. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Vo mnogom avtobiograficheskaja kniga o cheloveke, kotoryj "sdelal sebja sam", vybravshis iz samykh nizov, dobilsja priznanija. Ljubov k devushke iz vysshego obschestva pobuzhdaet geroja zanjatsja samoobrazovaniem. On stanovitsja pisatelem, no vse izdatelstva otkazyvajut emu v publikatsii. I kak eto chasto byvaet v zhizni, projdja skvoz lishenija i unizhenija, poluchiv otkaz ot ljubimoj devushki, on nakonets stanovitsja znamenitym. No ni slava, ni dengi, ni uspekh, ni dazhe vozvraschenie ego vozljublennoj ne mogut uberech Martina ot razocharovanija v etoj naskvoz falshivoj zhizni.

Zhizn Dzheka Londona, sozdatelja znamenitogo romana "Serdtsa trekh", sama byla pokhozha na roman. Sjuzhety dlja svoikh proizvedenij on cherpal iz jarkikh zhiznennykh vpechatlenij. Dzhek ne ponaslyshke znal, chto takoe zhizn fabrichnogo rabochego, zolotoiskatelja i dazhe pirata - on nezakonno dobyval ustrits v chastnoj bukhte San-Frantsisko. Vse eti "prikljuchenija" byli porozhdeny nuzhdoj, ved semja Londona ochen bedstvovala. No ne tolko: strast k avantjuram buduschij pisatel unasledoval ot materi - Flora Vellman provodila spiriticheskie seansy, obschalas s dukhami i zhazhdala bystrogo obogaschenija. Ottsom Dzheka byl ne menee ekstravagantnyj chelovek: Uiljam Chejni schitalsja odnim iz samykh izvestnykh spetsialistov po magii i astrologii v Amerike. Neudivitelno, chto u Dzheka ochen rano projavilas sposobnost pronikat v tajny chelovecheskikh dush i razbiratsja v postupkakh okruzhajuschikh. Samye zakhvatyvajuschie romany Londona vsegda podkupajut psikhologicheskoj glubinoj, pravdivostju v izobrazhenii geroev i... romantichnostju. Tak i v poslednem romane pisatelja - "Serdtsa trekh" - chitatelej volnujut ne stolko prikljuchenija kladoiskatelej Frensisa i Genri Morganov, skolko ikh ljubov k prekrasnoj Leonsii i ee otvetnye chuvstva. Odnako vspykhnuvshaja strast ne izmenit eti otkrytye i iskrennie natury, chuzhdye ulovkam i ne sposobnye na predatelstvo. Dlja starshego shkolnogo vozrasta. Perevodchik: Kudrjavtseva Tatjana Alekseevna, Levik Vilgelm VeniaminovichKhudozhnik: Pajanskaja Tatjana Ju.

Samye zakhvatyvajuschie proizvedenija, vkhodjaschie v "zolotoj fond" mirovoj literatury uzhasov. Ljubiteli poschekotat sebe nervy ne dolzhny prokhodit mimo etoj serii! Na stranitsakh knig ozhivut samye strashnye nochnye koshmary, ot drevnikh bogov Lavkrafta do vedm Gogolja. Chitatel prikosnjotsja k drevnim okkultnym tajnam, posetit uzhasnye i tainstvennye miry, sozdannye fantaziej velikikh pisatelej. Ne chitajte eti knigi na noch! Khudozhnik: Ivanov Ivan

"White Fang" is an adventure story of the great Northwestern Canadian frontier. It the type of story for which Jack London is most well known. White Fang, who is the son of Kiche and One Eye, is born in the wild but comes to live among man in an Indian camp as a cub. White Fang who is essentially a wild animal must learn to live among man as a domesticated animal. The novel deals with the theme of both a domesticated animal learning to live in the wild as well as a wild animal learning to live in a domesticated capacity among humans. It is a novel about the relationship between animal and man and the differences in the wild instincts of wolves versus the tendencies towards domestication that are more common among dogs. One of Jack London's most cherished stories, "White Fang" is a story of great wilderness adventure that will entertain and delight readers of all ages. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Oklend. Samoe nachalo XX veka. Vykhodets iz nizov vljubljaetsja v devushku iz semi burzhua i izo vsekh sil pytaetsja preodolet svoe proletarskoe proiskhozhdenie, chtoby stat dostojnym ee chelovekom. Martin Iden - rabochij paren, morjak, che gorjachee serdtse i neukrotimaja volja okazyvajutsja silnee ljubykh predrassudkov. Shag za shagom, Martin postepenno otkryvaet novyj dlja sebja mir. No chto proizojdet, kogda, projdja skvoz lishenija i unizhenija, on nakonets dostignet uspekha? Chto zhdet Martina posle, kogda vershina uzhe dostignuta? Vozmozhno, novye tseli, a mozhet novye razocharovanija... Perevodchik: Zajaitskij Sergej Sergeevich

Samyj neobychnyj zhanr fantastiki - postapokaliptika. Kakim budet chelovechestvo, perezhivshee konets sveta? Vo chto prevratitsja planeta? Chego zhdat ot prirody? Eti voprosy izdavna trevozhat pisatelej-fantastov vsego mira. V nashem sbornike vy najdete samye interesnye proizvedenija, kotorye perenesut vas v drugoe vremja i zhivopisujut uzhasy postapokalipticheskogo mira. Kakim stal by nash mir pri jadernoj katastrofe, vosstanii mashin, padenii komety? Kak mozhet izmenitsja mir posle globalnoj katastrofy i kakimi budut ljudi postapokalipsisa? Nekotorye proizvedenija sbornika javljajutsja nastojaschej redkostju, chitatel skoree vsego vpervye otkroet ikh dlja sebja. Khudozhnik: Ivanov Ivan

V nastojaschem izdanii publikuetsja odno iz samykh izvestnykh i zakhvatyvajuschikh proizvedenij znamenitogo amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzheka Londona (1876-1916). Eto istorija o vremenakh "zolotoj likhoradki", istorija preuspevajuschego zhurnalista iz San-Frantsisko Smoka Bellju, ostavivshego svoj blagopoluchnyj i komfortnyj mir, chtoby stat zolotoiskatelem. Poznakomivshis i podruzhivshis s esche odnim novichkom Klondajka po prozvischu Malysh, Smok prokhodit cherez mnozhestvo vzletov i padenij. Nepredskazuemye povoroty sjuzheta, nepovtorimyj jumor, romanticheskoe vdokhnovenie avtora delaet eto povestvovanie etalonom opisanija predannoj druzhby i istinnoj ljubvi.73 illjustratsii Entoni Fishera i Patrika Monakhana prekrasno dopolnjajut povestvovanie.

Samaja izvestnaja prikljuchencheskaja povest Dzheka Londona, polnaja dramatizma istorija ob epokhe "zolotoj likhoradki", o zakonakh prirody, o raznykh ljudjakh: kovarnykh, blagorodnykh, zhestokikh, spravedlivykh - s kotorymi sudba svodit Belogo Klyka. V krovi etogo volchonka, tochnee polusobaki-poluvolka, borjutsja dve strasti: stremlenie k svobode i zhazhda predannosti. Neskolko raz nash geroj okazhetsja na poroge smerti, i tolko volja k zhizni i sila ljubvi pomogut emu vystojat... Dzhek London rano ponjal, kak tjazhela i nespravedliva byvaet sudba. Shkolnikom on prodaval gazety, rabotal uborschikom, podrabatyval gde mog - semja nuzhdalas. V chetyrnadtsat let poshel rabochim na fabriku konservov. Dobyval ustrits, rabotal v prachechnoj i na dzhutovoj fabrike. Ispytal na sebe posledstvija zolotoj likhoradki: zabolel tsingoj. No poezdka na Aljasku podarila emu vstrechi s gerojami buduschikh knig, kotorye sdelali Londona znamenitym pisatelem. Dlja detej srednego shkolnogo vozrasta.

Dejstvie rasskazov Dzheka Londona proiskhodit v te vremena, kogda v amerikanskom Klondajke zolotoj pesok lilsja, kak voda, meksikanskie rabochie srazhalis za svobodu, a morja borozdili sudna okhotnikov na kitov i tjulenej. Nadezhda i otchajanie, bespomoschnost i stojkost, alchnost i schedrost serdtsa - raznye sily vedut geroev Londona cherez krutye povoroty ikh dorog zhizni k podvigam, teploj druzhbe, borbe za nazhivu i za samu zhizn. Vyrazitelnye shtrikhi illjustratsij Georgija Fitingofa, soprovozhdajuschikh rasskazy, tak zhe mnogomerny, kak i geroi Dzheka Londona.

Born into poverty in San Francisco in 1876, Jack London is one of the most well-known and beloved of all American authors, as well as one of the first Americans to become world famous and wealthy from his literary career. London lived a colorful and adventurous life as a young man, working as a sailor and then living as a hobo, all before starting high school. First published in 1915 "The Star Rover" also published as "The Jacket" is the tale of Darrell Standing, a professor who has been imprisoned for murder in San Quentin. While there he is subjected to a severe form of physical and mental torture when prison officials strap him into a canvas jacket that compresses the body. Standing deals with this torture by inducing himself into a trance-like state, in which he travels through time and space. The majority of the novel is comprised with the accounts of Standing's experiences reliving past lives while in this trance. A work apart from London's typical tales of adventure, "The Star Rover" remains a peculiar oddity in the literary canon of Jack London. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Aljaska okhvachena zolotoj likhoradkoj. V odnochase zarabatyvajutsja i spuskajutsja za kartochnymi stolami ogromnye sostojanija. Gremjat vystrely. Vsplyvaet na poverkhnost samaja grjaznaja pena - avantjuristy vsekh mastej, prostitutki, salunnye pevichki, vladeltsy kabakov i bordelej. Doch vladeltsa mestnoj parokhodnoj kompanii Frona Uelz, vernuvshajasja k ottsu posle dolgoj ucheby, ne uznaet rodnoj Aljaski i ponachalu s uzhasom nabljudaet za proiskhodjaschimi peremenami. Odnako postepenno i ee zakhvatyvaet vikhr opasnykh prikljuchenij zolotoj likhoradki. K tomu zhe vo Fronu odnovremenno vljubljajutsja dvoe vesma jarkikh muzhchin...

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Jack Londons mästerverk den självbiografiska reportageromanen Avgrundens folk i nyöversättning och med efterord av Christian Ekvall. Jack London var ung som författare - tjugosex år - när han bestämde sig för att skriva en bok om East End, Londons fattigaste stadsdel. För att kunna göra ett inträngande reportage levde han under tre månader som utfattig, sov på härbärgen eller drog omkring på gatorna hela natten, köade för soppa och bröd och lärde känna det utarmade folket. "Avgrundens folk" var den stora del av Londons befolkning som kämpade för att inte gå under av kyla och svält mitt i det förmögna brittiska imperiets huvudstad. Boken kom ut året därpå, 1903, och har blivit en milstolpe för den journalistiska prosan - en av de första rapportböckerna, ett av de första exemplen på wallraffande. Han anländer till London och får tag i ett rum i området Whitechapel, där Jack Uppskäraren (omnämnd som flyktigast i boken) har härjat fjorton år tidigare. Kröningen av Edvard VII ska bli den första på sextiofyra år och en av de mest storslagna någonsin. Därför, tycks författaren redan ana, kommer den att bli den perfekta symbolen för ett land som bryr sig mer om det yttre skenet och sin ställning i världen än om människorna. När den beskrivs i all sin pompa och ståt, jämsides med skildringen av ett svältande folk, får den överheten att framstå inte bara som förljugen, utan rent av löjlig. Allt han vill är att komma därifrån. "Jag har hört talas om Guds land, men det här är landet som Gud glömt bort att han glömt bort... Jag tror att jag skulle dö om jag var tvungen att bo två år i Londons East End." Det system som råder för avgrundens folk i London 1902 är det som vi idag kallar gig-ekonomi. Anställningarna är tillfälliga och lönen utbetalas för det konkreta arbete som utförs, utan anställningstrygghet, utan ekonomiskt/socialt skyddsnät. De tillverkar t ex tändsticksaskar och får själva hålla med lim, de plockar humle och får betalt per tunna. Månadens samlade inkomster räcker inte till mer än usel näringsfattig mat och till en sovplats i en överbefolkad hyreskasern. Att bli sjuk är att bli pank och bostadslös. Jack London (1876-1916) kom från enkla omständigheter i Kalifornien och fick kämpa sig fram till skolgång och bildning. Under sitt blott fyrtioåriga liv författade han närmare femtio romaner och novellsamlingar. Han var också undersökande journalist, krigskorrespondent och politiskt aktiv socialist. För eftervärlden är han främst känd för äventyrsromanen Skriet från vildmarken (The Call of the Wild) och för denna bok, Avgrundens folk (The People of the Abyss). Avgrundens folk av Jack London. Nyöversättning och efterord Christian Ekvall. ISBN 978-91-7742-565-6. Högkvalitetspapper, sydda ark, klotband (=hårda pärmar med tygrygg). 224 sidor.

A young dog, Buck, grew up as the favourite pet of a loving family, in California. But his life took a sudden turn when he was sold by a rogue servant and was transported to the far North. The Cold, wild land was cruel and heartless; inhabited by greedy gold prospectors, savage wolves and even more savage Indians. Buck became a sled dog and was subjected to a life of immense hardship. He soon realised that he must return to the law of the wild and learn to survive. Buck turned to the ways of his forefathers, using the cunning, toughness and ferocity that lay dormant in him he became the strongest sled dog in Alaska. But can he overcome the urge to run free of man's rule; the urge to respond to the call of the wild?

Jack London gained his first and most lasting fame as the author of tales of the Klondike gold rush. This, his first collection of stories, draws on his experience in the Yukon. The stories tell of gambles won and lost, of endurance and sacrifice, and often turn on the qualities of exceptional women and on the relations between the white adventurers and the native tribes.