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Alcoholic Memoirs

by Jack London
language: english
Publisher: Diamond Book Publishing, May of 2020 ‧
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Jack London cut a mythic figure across the American landscape of the early twentieth century. But throughout his colorful life–from his teenage years as an oyster pirate to his various incarnations as a well-traveled seaman, Yukon gold prospector, waterfront brawler, unemployed vagrant, impassioned socialist, and celebrated writer–he retained a predilection for drinking on a prodigious scale. London’s classic "alcoholic memoirs"–the closest thing to an autobiography he ever wrote–are a startlingly honest and vivid account of his life not only as a drinker, but also as a storied adventurer. Richly anecdotal and beautifully written, John Barleycorn stands as the earliest intelligent treatment of alcohol in American literature, and as an intensely moving document of one of America’s finest writers.

John Barleycorn

Alcoholic Memoirs

by Jack London

Property Description
ISBN: 9788835821151
Publisher: Diamond Book Publishing
Release Date: May of 2020
Language: English
Format: eBook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Fiction > Memories and Testimonies
EAN: 9788835821151

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jack London

A biografia de Jack London (1876-1916) é tão prodigiosa como a obra que nos legou e que o tornaria mundialmente famoso: narrativas do alto-mar (O Cruzeiro do Snark, 1911) e de paisagens nevadas (O Filho do Lobo, 1900), viagens ao lado negro da sociedade industrial (O Povo do Abismo, 1903), entre errantes sem eira nem beira (Vagabundos Cruzando a Noite, 1907), uma fértil correspondência e textos autobiográficos, como Memórias de Um Alcoólico – John Barleycorn (1913). Uma das figuras mais românticas do seu tempo, autodidata e orador eloquente, foi também um homem dos mil ofícios: operário fabril na Califórnia, garimpeiro no Klondike e correspondente de guerra no Japão. Socialista convicto, aliou a sede de aventuras à fome de justiça social, e a coragem individual à defesa da solidariedade entre os homens.

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