A Son of the Sun (MOBI) Zabrze

“A Son of the Sun” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. A Son of the Sun is a novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in Sydney, but he is rarely there. Since his wealth spreads over a lot of islands, Grief has some adventures while going among these islands. London depicts the striking panorama of the South seas with adventurers, scoundrels, swindlers, pirates, and cannibals. O autorze: Jack London (1876-1916) - pisarz amerykański. Samouk. Zanim zajął się pisarstwem, podejmował się rozmaitych prac. Wiódł życie trampa, marynarza, kłusownika, poszukiwacza złota. Doświadczenia zdobyte w tych profesjach przełożyły się w latach późniejszych na treść jego książek. Do najbardziej znanych należą: Zew krwi (1903), Biały Kieł (1906) i Martin Eden (1909).