Ergebnis für "jack london" in Postapokalyptisch

Han pasado seis décadas desde que una epidemia incontrolable - el bacilo de la Peste Escarlata‒ acabó con la mayor parte de la población mundial. Corre el año 2073… James Howard Smith, el último superviviente de la pandemia que estalló en el 2013 y, quien era entonces un joven profesor de literatura, intenta al final de su vida transmitir algo de experiencia a sus nietos. Les narra una historia apocalíptica que los niños no alcanzan a comprender plenamente, pues han nacido en un mundo salvaje, sin recibir educación y sin noción alguna del mundo como lo conoció Smith.

L'humanité a été décimée voilà plusieurs décennies, la nature a repris ses droits et les rares survivants doivent faire face à un monde inhospitalier où la nourriture est rare et les bêtes sauvages menaçantes. Un vieil homme qui a connu le monde d'avant essaie de décrire à ses deux petits-enfants "sauvageons", la civilisation et la catastrophe qui l'a détruite.

The Scarlet Plague by Jack London is a haunting and thought-provoking tale that explores the aftermath of a global pandemic that nearly wipes out humanity. Set in the distant future, the story follows an elder recounting the catastrophic events of the "Scarlet Plague" to younger generations who live in a world that has reverted to a primitive state. London's vivid descriptions of societal collapse and the fragility of civilization make this novella both chilling and profoundly reflective.

"La peste scarlatta" (The Scarlet Plague) è un romanzo post-apocalittico di Jack London pubblicato nel 1912. Si tratta di un testo visionario in cui l'autore anticipa temi destinati ad avere larga diffusione nei decenni successivi e rimane ancor oggi un punto di riferimento di un genere che gode di fortuna crescente nei film, nelle serie TV, nei fumetti.

The story of The Scarlet Plague takes place in 2073 in the San Francisco area, 60 years after an apocalyptic pandemic called the Red Death or Scarlet Plague has depopulated the Earth. James Smith, one of the survivors, lives with his grandsons who are hunter-gatherers in a tribal world. He relates the horror of the plague to them, and tells them of the time when he was a professor of English, and of the start of the pandemic. His grandsons, who are of limited cognitive ability, refuse to believe him; they cannot believe that the disease was spread by germs.

The Scarlet Plague, by Jack London, was the first example of a post-apocalyptic fiction novel in modern literature. Set in a ravaged and wild America, the story takes place in 2073, 60 years after the spread of the Red Death, an uncontrollable epidemic that depopulated and nearly destroyed the world in 2013. One of the few survivors, James Howard Smith, alias “Granser”, tells his incredulous and near-savage grandsons how the pandemic spread in the world and about the reactions of the people to contagion and death.

Romanzo breve post-apocalittico, fu pubblicato nel 1912, anticipa tutto il filone dei romanzi fantasy post-catastrofi, così diffusi in seguito sia in letteratura che nella filmografia. La peste rossa, che colpisce la terra nel 2013, viene raccontata da un sopravvissuto 60 anni dopo, a una nuova generazione semi-barbara.

A post-apocalyptic debut novel in a tradition that includes The Hunger Games and Station Eleven, this vision of a possible future shows humanity pushed beyond its breaking point, the forging of vital bonds when everything is lost, and, most centrally, a heroic young woman who crosses a frozen...

Jack London (1876 – 1916) war seinerzeit der meistgelesene Autor der Welt. Nicht nur beherrschte er meisterhaft den Abenteuerroman – auch als früher Science Fiction-Autor konnte er begeistern. In der Geschichte "Der Feind der ganzen Welt" schildert er das aufsehenerregende Schicksal Emil Glucks – eines verbrecherischen Genies, dessen Erfindungen und Taten die Welt in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts um ein Haar in den Abgrund gerissen hätten.