Incipit di "Martin Eden", di Jack London
[The one opened the door with a latch-key and went in, followed by a young fellow who awkwardly removed his cap. He wore rough clothes that smacked of the sea, and he was manifestly out of place in the spacious hall in which he found himself. He did not know what to do with his cap, and was stuffing it into his coat pocket when the other took it from him. The act was done quietly and naturally, and the awkward young fellow appreciated it. "He understands," was his thought. "He'll see me through all right."
He walked at the other's heels with a swing to his shoulders, and his legs spread unwittingly, as if the level floors were tilting up and sinking down to the heave and lunge of the sea.]
Breve biografia di Jack London
John Griffith Chaney, conosciuto con lo pseudonimo di Jack London, scrittore statunitense nato a San Francisco il 12 gennaio 1876, è una delle più singolari e romanzesche figure della letteratura americana. Figlio illegittimo, allevato da una madre spiritista, da una nutrice nera e da un padre adottivo che passava da un fallimento commerciale all'altro, si fece precocemente adulto sui moli di Oakland e sulle acque della baia di San Francisco insieme a compagnie poco raccomandabili. Se la strada fu la culla della sua adolescenza,... continua su Biografieonline.it
