The Jungle

Resumen del libro

First serialized in a newspaper in 1905, The Jungle is a classic of American literature that led to the creation of food-safety standards. While investigating the meatpacking industry in Chicago, author and novelist Upton Sinclair discovered the brutal conditions that immigrant families faced. While his original intention was to bring this to the attention of the American public, his book was instead hailed for bringing food safety to the forefront of people's consciousness.

With its inspired plot and vivid descriptions, Upton Sinclair's classic tale of immigrant woe is now available as an elegantly designed clothbound edition with an elastic closure and a new introduction.

Biografía del autor

(Baltimore, 1878 Bound Brook, 1968) novelista y ensayista estadounidense de éxito cuya extensa obra estuvo siempre marcada por sus profundas convicciones socialistas. Novelas como "La jungla" (1906), "El rey carbón" (1917) o "Petróleo" (1927) le consagraron como uno de los grandes escritores de su tiempo. En 1940 publicó "El fin del mundo", primera entrega de la apasionante saga de Lanny Budd que, a lo largo de sus once libros, recorre la historia de la primera mitad del siglo XX y con cuyo tercer volumen, "Los dientes del dragón" (1942), le sería concedido el Premio Pulitzer en 1943.