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potatocampbell 's review for:
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
I downloaded the audiobook of this once lockdown had started properly - I was craving the chance to be outside and immersed in nature. This book certainly had the transporting effect I was hoping for.
Written in 1903 and set in the Yukon Gold Rush, The Call of the Wild is the story of Buck, a genteel housedog from the South who is kidnapped and taken north to Canada. Obviously, Buck is a Symbol. And this is a book full of Symbols with capital letters even without reading it in print. There is the Good Man, there is the Bad Rich Family, there is Nature and Death and the Struggle. Maybe if I read it at another time I would find that style simplistic, but in the midst of the pandemic I found the stories of Buck's triumphs and losses raw and real even if they never wandered into complexity, and I found myself craving the life of the Yukon where the threats are tangible and can be fought with hand and tooth and fire. Stark contrast to viruses and recessions.
Great book to escape into.
Written in 1903 and set in the Yukon Gold Rush, The Call of the Wild is the story of Buck, a genteel housedog from the South who is kidnapped and taken north to Canada. Obviously, Buck is a Symbol. And this is a book full of Symbols with capital letters even without reading it in print. There is the Good Man, there is the Bad Rich Family, there is Nature and Death and the Struggle. Maybe if I read it at another time I would find that style simplistic, but in the midst of the pandemic I found the stories of Buck's triumphs and losses raw and real even if they never wandered into complexity, and I found myself craving the life of the Yukon where the threats are tangible and can be fought with hand and tooth and fire. Stark contrast to viruses and recessions.
Great book to escape into.