The Call of the Wild

Resumen del libro

In The Call of the Wild life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley, where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day a treacherous act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of toil and danger. Dragged away to be a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing cold Yukon, Buck must fight for his survivial. Can he rise above his enemies and become the master of his realm once again?

Jack London (1876-1916) was born John Chaney in Pennsylvania, USA and despite a lack of education in his childhood, and a variety of odd jobs, he always maintained his love of books. In 1896 he was caught up in the gold rush to the Klondike river in north-west Canada which became the inspiration for his story, The Call of the Wild, published in 1903, and followed by White Fang in 1906. Jack London became one of the most widely read writers in the world.
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The book includes a behind-the-scenes journey, including an author profile, a guide to who's who, activities and more.

Biografía del autor

Javier Calvo nació en Barcelona, en 1973. Es novelista y traductor literario. Considerado uno de los mejores traductores literarios del inglés, ha traducido obras de autores como David Foster Wallace, J. M. Coetzee, Don DeLillo, Joan Didion, Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, Peter Matthiessen y Denis Johnson. Entre sus novelas destacan Mundo maravilloso (finalista del Premio Fundación José Manuel Lara 2008), Corona de flores (Premio Memorial Silverio Cañada de la Semana Negra de Gijón 2011), El jardín colgante (Premio Biblioteca Breve 2012) y Piel de plata (2019), entre su narrativa breve, Los ríos perdidos de Londres (2005) y Suomenlinna (2010) y el ensayo El fantasma en el libro (Seix Barral, 2016). Su trayectoria literaria lo ha consolidado como uno de los narradores que de forma más rotunda ha añadido una nueva dimensión a nuestra narrativa (J. A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia). Su obra se ha traducido al inglés, al francés, al alemán y al italiano.