Before Adam [electronic resource]
London, Jack, 1876-19162013
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Before Adam is Jack London's fictional tour de force. In it, he brilliantly recreates the dawn of humanity, depicting the prehistoric world as a place of dark conflict where only the strongest will survive. Tormented by a succession of terrifying dreams, the narrator is faced with the strange truth that his consciousness has become intertwined with that of Big Tooth, his Mid-Pleistocene ancestor. Through these dream memories, he witnesses Big Tooth's life - a life as one of the 'Folk' race, without developed language, social structure or fire. He sees, too, the Folk's fierce battles for survival against the more advanced Fire People, and the primitive Tree People. As he struggles to make sense of Big Tooth's world, he begins questioning the very notion of eugenics, making Before Adam one of the most pertinent works of its time.
Main title:
Before Adam [electronic resource] / Jack London
Author:
London, Jack, 1876-1916, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Hesperus Press Ltd., 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 4-6
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Mode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781780942094
Language:
English
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BRN:
2765985
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