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El vagabundo de las estrellas
El vagabundo de las estrellas | Jack London
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El vagabundo de las estrellas es la ltima novela que escribi Jack London. Es una feroz crtica de la tortura y de la pena de muerte, y una metfora del placer emancipador de la lectura.Convicto por asesinato en la crcel de San Quintn, Darrell Standing es sometido al castigo adicional de verse inmovilizado en una terrible camisa de fuerza. El tormento fsico le dar acceso a otro plano de existencia en el cual puede recorrer sus vidas pasadas.La historia se desarrolla en 1913 y la novela es tan actual que no podemos sino estremecernos al leer uno de sus ltimos prrafos: He odo que Europa est en crisis desde hace dos aos, y que hubo despidos masivos, y que ahora les llega el turno a los Estados Unidos. Eso significa que pronto puede haber una crisis econmica, tal vez un ataque de pnico financiero, y que habr ms parados el prximo invierno, y que las colas del pan sern largas....Por todo ello esta novela, formada por los relatos de las diferentes vidas de su protagonista, es un homenaje a la imaginacin y a su enorme poder de evasin.Pocas obras literarias son tan capaces como esta de hacernos sentir fsicamente, casi dolorosamente, el peso de lo que nos encadena y el podero de lo que nos hace infinitos. Ahora la releo y envidio a los jvenes que vayan a conocerla por primera vezFernando Savater
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Star Rover | Jack London

As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.

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Star Rover | Jack London
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#somethingforsept Reading outside. I'm not much of an outside reader. Too many distractions! Mostly because I'm usually outside with the kids doing things (if I didn't have kids I would probably be holed up indoors far more). So instead here's a photo of Wolf House the mansion that Jack (London) built but it burnt down before he and Charmian ever lived in it. You can visit it at the Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen, Sonoma County

Hornsby78 Aw, man! I hate that it burned!! 8y
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I was so happy today. On our last day of the roadtrip we went to the beautiful town of Glen Ellen to pick up sandwiches and picnic at Jack London State Park. I've been wanting to visit for a while now but wasn't sure how accessible it is for kids. Good news it is, especially w a littl golf cart that runs visitors to Wolf House that 26-room mansion that Jack built but it was burnt down before they ever lived in it. Yeah I had to buy a book

RealLifeReading This one of his is about a San Quentin prisoner. And we had driven past San Quentin on the way up to Point Reyes on Saturday 8y
LeahBergen I ❤️ book and author travels! I had never heard of this London book. I'll be interested to read your review. 8y
KVanRead Good to know! It's been on my list to visit for a long time! 8y
BethFishReads Glad it was kid friendly 8y
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