Martin Eden

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• Martin Eden

  Il giovane marinaio Martin Eden sbarca a San Francisco. Rozzo e ubriacone, Martin non conosce che la durezza della vita e appena messo piede a terra si batte per difendere Arthur Morse, un distinto studente universitario. Il ragazzo per sdebitarsi co ... (read full critics)

  mangialibri published on Fri, 17 Feb 2012

• Martin Eden

  La trama e le recensioni di Martin Eden, romanzo di Jack London edito da Einaudi. Il romanzo che riflette l'irrequietezza e il tormento di Jack London. Romanzo largamente autobiografico, Martin Eden riflette l'inquietudine di London, la sua vita stra ... (read full critics)

  Qlibri published on Thu, 25 Nov 2010

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  A great book, Absolutely unlike anything else Jack London wrote, autobiographical or not. The Spencerean /Nietzschean philosophy the protaganist dons almost like a uniform doesn't amount to much but his titanic effort to succeed in spite of everything, just to realise it was not worthwhile, is truly ... (continue)

  A great book, Absolutely unlike anything else Jack London wrote, autobiographical or not. The Spencerean /Nietzschean philosophy the protaganist dons almost like a uniform doesn't amount to much but his titanic effort to succeed in spite of everything, just to realise it was not worthwhile, is truly unforgettable and utterly convincing. Martin's urge to become a writer at all costs along with the growing awareness of his own value harshly clashes with the vulgar, down-to-earth ideals of the people surrounding him, no matter what social stand they belong to. Martin's overflowing vitality towers all over the book even when he decides, suddenly and irrevocably, to put and end to it, and it will linger in any reader's mind long afterwards. One can easily forgive London's flaws for all this.
  A great read by all means.

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• Paperback 368 Pages
• Edition: 1
• Publisher: Longanesi & C.
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1972
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