The Star Rover - Brossura

London, Jack

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ISBN 10: 0486819388 ISBN 13: 9780486819389

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2017

Riassunto

"A genuine quest for the myths of the unconscious. [A work of] true power." — Andrew Sinclair. An inmate sentenced to life at San Quentin escapes the horrors of his incarceration through astral travel in this boldly imaginative work by a master storyteller. Darrell Standing endures the agonies of beatings and extended periods in a straitjacket by withdrawing into intense dreams of his past lives. Standing's fantasies transport him from his harrowing confinement to identities as a nobleman in medieval France, a shipwrecked seal-hunter, an Englishman in 17th-century Korea, and an advisor to Pontius Pilate.
This final novel by the author of The Call of the Wild is both a tale of life in solitary confinement and an epic journey across space, time, and history. Jack London delivers a moving indictment of the brutality and corruption of the prison system that is also a celebration of the power of imagination to rise above misery and to keep hope alive.

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Recensione:

"A genuine quest for the myths of the unconscious. . . . [A work of] true power." --Andrew Sinclair

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

L'autore:

Novelist, journalist, and social activist Jack London (1876–1916) rose from abject poverty to international fame. The bestselling, highest-paid, and most popular author of his era, London created a substantial body of work in his short life, drawing upon his experiences as a cannery worker, sailor, railroad hobo, and prospector.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0486819388
• ISBN 13: 9780486819389
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 302