Jack London Love of Life & Other Stories Paperback Book Jack London Multicolor

Love of Life and Other Stories (1906) is a collection of short stories by American writer Jack London.Containing eight stories by the author, a master of literary Naturalism and an experienced outdoorsman and adventurer, Love of Life and Other Stories explores the experience of humanity on the edge of civilization.Set mostly in Canada and Alaska, these stories follow characters for whom survival is a constant struggle, for whom death is as familiar as a friend. “Love of Life” follows a gold prospector who is abandoned by his companion when he sprains his ankle crossing a creek.Shocked at first, he quickly realizes that in order to survive, he must keep moving.As he makes his was through the Canadian wilderness eating berries and weeds, his only desire is to have just one more bullet with which to hunt for wild game.As day turns to night, and as the next day fades to another, he faces a hunger beyond description, an emptiness food cannot fill.In “A Day’s Lodging,” a man retires for the