About the Author
Jack London was an American author, journalist, and adventurer. London s early careers as sailor, fisherman, and prospector provided inspiration for his later writing, and it was only when he returned from the Klondike that London decided to focus on social activism and journalism. He soon became a popular magazine columnist and author, and a prolific commercial writer, penning over two dozen novels, and numerous short stories and poems. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Sea-Wolf, and the short stories To Build a Fire, and An Oddyssey of the North. London died in 1916.
About the Book
Dans ce roman, London raconte les tribulations d'un ancetre lointain, plus tout a fait singe, mais pas encore entierement homme. Jack London a toujours ete fascine par les avancees scientifiques de son temps, en particulier le Darwinisme et les theories de l'evolution. Dans ce roman, Un homme de notre temps, un contemporain, reve. Dans ses reves, il vit " un autrefois recule, quand le monde etait encore jeune, au cours de cette periode que nous appelons le Pleistocene moyen." Dans ses reves, cet homme est Grande-Dent. Protege par sa mere, il vivait dans un nid dans un arbre. Mais, a la mort de son pere, quand sa mere a repris un nouveau mari, devenu encombrant, il a ete chasse..."
