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    Love of Life and Other Stories
    Love of Life and Other Stories
    Love of Life and Other Stories
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    Love of Life and Other Stories

    By Charles Livingston Bull and Jack London

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJul 1, 2004
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    • 4/5
      "'Look you,' he said; 'you are a painter-man. How would you paint this which I saw, a picture without beginning, the ending of which I do not understand, a piece of life with the northern lights for a candle and Alaska for a frame.'" <-- put this on the book jacket

      I used to think there was something corny about Jack London (all those dog stories!) but he has more range than I give him credit for. Some of these are pure survivalist stories, and that's certainly what he's most famous for, but he's also skilled at writing about the relationships between men and women, whites and natives. London's world is impossibly big and small at the same time: even on the loneliest trail in the endless frozen hellscape of Yukon Country, a man may encounter a former lover; a beloved sled-dog may be found thousands of miles away from home on a chance visit to Southern California. Several of the stories are framed as travelers telling stories over a fire as temperatures dip to 50 below, furthering the feeling of a marriage between realism and fable.

      recommended: The Sun-Dog Trail, The White Man's Way

      3.5 stars. (Kinda get the impression that London is a misogynist, tbh.)
    • 4/5
      These are the first short stories by London I have read, and have to say, better than the novels. They are well structured, rewarding and feel flawless. According to some critics, the short story is London's natural genre and where the good stuff is. No wonder he was so popular. The title story is based on a non-fiction piece by another author of a true event. London was accused on plagiarism but said it was the inspiration for the story. "A Day's Lodging" uses a trope (TVTropes: Battle Trophy) also found in the 2015 Pulitzer Prize play Between Riverside and Crazy where in both cases the protagonist takes a treasure from a couple, humiliating the woman, then throws the trophy away regaining the moral high ground - eerily similar plot device. "Brown Dog" is often considered the other great story from this collection along with the title piece, it's pretty good, but a bit sentimental in a Lassie way. The Indian stories are interesting as he attempts to show another POV of the world. My favorite stories are the three mentioned and "The Unexpected" for it's depiction of trauma.

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