To Build a Fire [short story]

by Jack London

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A tenderfoot attempts to hike through the Yukon snows with his dog in order to reach a mining claim.

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ENCENDER UN FUEGO

El día amanecía gris y frío, muy gris y muy frío cuando el hombre abandonó la gran pista del Yukón y trepó el abrupto terraplén, por donde se adivinaba un sendero poco frecuentado que se dirigía hacia el este a través de un espeso bosque de abetos.

La pendiente era acusada y, con el pretexto mirar el reloj, el hombre se detuvo en lo alto de para recuperar el aliento. Eran las nueve. No se veía ni un atisbo de sol, y eso que no había ni una nube. El cielo estaba despejado y, sin embargo, la superficie de las cosas aparecía imperceptiblemente velada. Una tristeza sutil se adueñaba del día, y ello se debía, sin duda, a la ausencia de sol....

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JACK LONDON (R199)
Jlohn Griith London, mas conocido show more como Jack Landon, nacio en 1876 en San Francisco
Desempeño todo tipo de trabajos, desde guardián de colmenas u operarto de un vivero de ostras hasta marino, empleado de une lavandería, periodista ,buscador
de oro en Alaska o cazadoe de focas en lapon e independioente.

De pequeno ya devoraba avidamente les libros de la biblioteca, y toda su vida fue una
auténtica novela que le sirvió do fuente de inspiración para sus obras, entre las que destacan Martin Eden, La llamada de la selva,El lobo de mar o Colmillo blanco .Fue un firme defensor de los pobres y critico con dureza los prejuicios de su época. Se suicidó en 1916.

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Tendría que haber sido ebanista y haber vivido en el campo, donde se habria dedicado a construir juguetes junto a la chimenea de su casa, con su perro, mientras oía caer la nieve, Pero lo cierto es que escogió ser ilustradora y desde entonces se dedica a navegar de un libro a otro como un fragil esquife para expresar el color de cada relato y traducir en imágenes su música o sus silencios. En este relato de Jack London ha aguantado la respirackon para escuchar el sonido de sus pasos sobre la nieve
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One of the pioneers of 20th century American literature, Jack London specialized in tales of adventure inspired by his own experiences. London was born in San Francisco in 1876. At 14, he quit school and became an "oyster pirate," robbing oyster beds to sell his booty to the bars and restaurants in Oakland. Later, he turned on his pirate show more associates and joined the local Fish Patrol, resulting in some hair-raising waterfront battles. Other youthful activities included sailing on a seal-hunting ship, traveling the United States as a railroad tramp, a jail term for vagrancy and a hazardous winter in the Klondike during the 1897 gold rush. Those experiences converted him to socialism, as he educated himself through prolific reading and began to write fiction. After a struggling apprenticeship, London hit literary paydirt by combining memories of his adventures with Darwinian and Spencerian evolutionary theory, the Nietzchean concept of the "superman" and a Kipling-influenced narrative style. "The Son of the Wolf"(1900) was his first popular success, followed by 'The Call of the Wild" (1903), "The Sea-Wolf" (1904) and "White Fang" (1906). He also wrote nonfiction, including reportage of the Russo-Japanese War and Mexican revolution, as well as "The Cruise of the Snark" (1911), an account of an eventful South Pacific sea voyage with his wife, Charmian, and a rather motley crew. London's body broke down prematurely from his rugged lifestyle and hard drinking, and he died of uremic poisoning - possibly helped along by a morphine overdose - at his California ranch in 1916. Though his massive output is uneven, his best works - particularly "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang" - have endured because of their rich subject matter and vigorous prose. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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To Build a Fire [short story]
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To Build a Fire
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Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberla... (show all)nd.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Then, it turned and trotted up the trail in the direction of the camp it knew, where were the other food-providers and fire-providers

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