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Résumé

Mammoths have been extinct for thousands of years. So what do you do when an insanely talented hunter and storyteller describes how he just killed one? Thomas Stevens is a skillful hunter, but his storytelling ability is where his real gift lies, are these mammoths real? What is being hunted out there?‘A Relic of the Pliocene’ is one of the intriguing short stories in Jack London’s collection ‘The Faith of Men and Other Stories'. All of the stories are set in Yukon, Canada, and they all boast a fast-paced plot, captivating characters, and London’s signature charmJack London (1876–1916) was an American writer and social activist. He grew up in the working class, but his unflinching realism eventually earned him the status of one of the highest-paid authors of his time. Many of his novels are considered classics today, his most notable being ‘Call of the Wild’, ‘Sea Wolf’, and ‘White Fang’. Fans of Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, and Charles Dickens will enjoy his ability to make the mundane captivating.

Auteur

  • Jack London (auteur)

    John Griffith, dit Jack London, est né à San Francisco le 12 janvier 1876. Fils illégitime de fermiers, élevé dans la misère, il est tour à tour marin chasseur de phoque, chercheur d'or au Klondike lors de la ruée vers l'or de 1897 et correspondant de presse. L'Appel du désert (1903) et Croc-Blanc (1907), qui mettent en scène l'aventure, le monde animal (comme l'histoire du chien Buck dans L'Appel de la fo

Auteur(s) : Jack London

Caractéristiques

Editeur : Saga Egmont International

Auteur(s) : Jack London

Publication : 3 septembre 2021

Intérieur : Noir & blanc

Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]

Contenu(s) : ePub

Protection(s) : Marquage social (ePub)

Taille(s) : 420 ko (ePub)

Langue(s) : Anglais

EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9788726563955

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