| South Sea Tales Contributor(s): London, Jack (Author), Horwitz, Tony (Introduction by), Gair, Christopher (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0375759298 ISBN-13: 9780375759291 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: Like the celebrated "Klondike Tales, the stories that comprise "South Sea Tales derive their intensity from the author's own far-flung adventures, conveying an impassioned, unsparing vision borne only of experience. The powerful tales gathered here vividly evoke the turn-of-the-century colonial Pacific and its capricious tropical landscape, while also trenchantly observing the delicate interplay between imperialism and the exotic. And as Tony Horwitz asserts in his Introduction, "When London's stories click, we are utterly there, at the edge of the world and the limit of human endurance." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001056227 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.22" W x 8.02" (0.63 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Like the celebrated Klondike Tales, the stories that comprise South Sea Tales derive their intensity from the author's own far-flung adventures, conveying an impassioned, unsparing vision borne only of experience. The powerful tales gathered here vividly evoke the turn-of-the-century colonial Pacific and its capricious tropical landscape, while also trenchantly observing the delicate interplay between imperialism and the exotic. And as Tony Horwitz asserts in his Introduction, "When London's stories click, we are utterly there, at the edge of the world and the limit of human endurance." |