When God laughs
By: Jack London.
Series: Literary classics
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Other titles: When God laughs and other stories
Description: "Jack London (1876-1916), the critically acclaimed and widely read author of The Call of the Wild (1903), White Fang (1906), and The Sea Wolf (1904), produced this collection of twelve short stories toward the end of his career in 1911. With a title that reflects the signature story in the volume - about a couple who try in vain to uphold an intensely idealistic romance against the erosions of time and the inconsistency of human nature - the collection explores themes for which London became famous: the struggle for survival in the midst of hostile environments, human nature's most elemental drives, and worker abuse in industrialized society."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: When God laughs; title: The apostate; title: A wicked woman; title: Just meat; title: Created he them; title: The Chinago; title: Make westing; title: Semper Idem; title: A nose for the king; title: The Francis Spaight; title: A curious fragment; title: A piece of steak.