BookClub: 27 de setembre a les 19 h a la Biblioteca Mestra Maria Antònia.
FilmClub:
- White Fang (Ullal blanc): 26 de setembre a les 19 h a la Biblioteca Mestra Maria Antònia.
- The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (La crida de la selva): 3 d'octubre a les 19 h a la Biblioteca Mestra Maria Antònia.
(Extracte del punt de lectura.)
About the book
White Fang was published in 1906, Jack London was the most widely read writer in the United States and was also popular in Europe, thanks to his second novel, The Call of the Wild (1903). (London had become, as well, the first millionaire American author.) The two novels are related in that while The Call of the Wild tells the story of a dog who becomes wild and leads a wolf pack, White Fang is the life story of a wolf who comes, after many hardships dealt him by both man and nature, to live a dog’s life with a loving master. Both novels, along with scores of London’s short stories, are set in the land the author called simply “The North”—the Yukon Territory to which he once travelled as a gold prospector.
Though not considered the literary equal of The Call of the Wild, White Fang was an immediate commercial success and continues to be popular a century after its initial publication. In its unblinking portrayals of nature’s unforgiving harshness, of humankind’s capacity for both shocking brutality and unconditional love, and of the struggle for survival that is common to all life, White Fang is classic London.
The author
Born in San Francisco, after completing grammar school, London worked at various jobs to help support his family. He briefly enrolled in university and took English classes, for he loved to read and write. However, he was not happy with this formal education and he soon dropped out.
In 1897 and 1898, London, like many other American and Canadian men, went north to Alaska and the Klondike region of Canada to search for gold. This was the Alaska Gold Rush. Although London never found any gold, his experience in the extreme environment of this cold part of the world gave him ideas for the stories he would write when he decided to return to California.
Upon his return to the San Francisco area, he began to write about his experiences. After winning a writing contest, he succeeded in selling some of his stories and in 1900, he published a collection of his short stories, The Son of the Wolf.
Like Stephen Crane, London wrote in a Naturalistic style, in which a story's actions and events are caused mainly by man's internal biological needs, or by the external forces of nature and the environment. Many of his stories, including his masterpiece The Call of the Wild (1903), deal with civilized man getting back in touch with his deep, animal instincts.
Among London's most important books were People of the Abyss (1903), written about the poor people of London, England; The Sea Wolf (1904), a novel based on the author's experiences as a seal hunter; John Barleycorn (1913), an autobiographical novel about his struggle against alcoholism; and The Star Rover (1915), a collection of related stories dealing with reincarnation.
London wrote more than 50 books and enjoyed enormous international popularity as an author. His exciting, often violent and brutal writing style attracted readers from all over the world and his stories and novels were translated into many different languages. Despite his success, however, alcohol and two broken marriages added to his growing unhappiness. In 1916, at the age of only 40, Jack London committed suicide.
The Film
White Fang
Director
About the book
White Fang was published in 1906, Jack London was the most widely read writer in the United States and was also popular in Europe, thanks to his second novel, The Call of the Wild (1903). (London had become, as well, the first millionaire American author.) The two novels are related in that while The Call of the Wild tells the story of a dog who becomes wild and leads a wolf pack, White Fang is the life story of a wolf who comes, after many hardships dealt him by both man and nature, to live a dog’s life with a loving master. Both novels, along with scores of London’s short stories, are set in the land the author called simply “The North”—the Yukon Territory to which he once travelled as a gold prospector. Though not considered the literary equal of The Call of the Wild, White Fang was an immediate commercial success and continues to be popular a century after its initial publication. In its unblinking portrayals of nature’s unforgiving harshness, of humankind’s capacity for both shocking brutality and unconditional love, and of the struggle for survival that is common to all life, White Fang is classic London.
In 1897 and 1898, London, like many other American and Canadian men, went north to Alaska and the Klondike region of Canada to search for gold. This was the Alaska Gold Rush. Although London never found any gold, his experience in the extreme environment of this cold part of the world gave him ideas for the stories he would write when he decided to return to California.
Upon his return to the San Francisco area, he began to write about his experiences. After winning a writing contest, he succeeded in selling some of his stories and in 1900, he published a collection of his short stories, The Son of the Wolf.
Like Stephen Crane, London wrote in a Naturalistic style, in which a story's actions and events are caused mainly by man's internal biological needs, or by the external forces of nature and the environment. Many of his stories, including his masterpiece The Call of the Wild (1903), deal with civilized man getting back in touch with his deep, animal instincts.
Among London's most important books were People of the Abyss (1903), written about the poor people of London, England; The Sea Wolf (1904), a novel based on the author's experiences as a seal hunter; John Barleycorn (1913), an autobiographical novel about his struggle against alcoholism; and The Star Rover (1915), a collection of related stories dealing with reincarnation.
London wrote more than 50 books and enjoyed enormous international popularity as an author. His exciting, often violent and brutal writing style attracted readers from all over the world and his stories and novels were translated into many different languages. Despite his success, however, alcohol and two broken marriages added to his growing unhappiness. In 1916, at the age of only 40, Jack London committed suicide.
The Film
White Fang
Director- Randal Kleiser
Cast
- Ethan Hawke as Jack Conroy
- Klaus Maria Brandauer as Alex Larson
- Seymour Cassel as Skunker
- Susan Hogan as Belinda Casey
- James Remar as Beauty Smith
- Bill Moseley as Luke
- Clint Youngreen as Tinker
- Pius Savage as Grey Beaver
Director
- Peter Svatek
Cast
- Rutger Hauer ... John Thornton
- Bronwen Booth ... Mercedes
- Charles Edwin Powell ... Ha
- Burke Lawrence ... Charles
- Luc Morrissette ... M. Perrault
- Robert Pierre Côté ... Francoise
- John Novak ... Mr. Matthewson the Gambling Man
- Richard Dreyfuss ... Narrator (voice)
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- The Law of Life
- Sonny's Blues
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