Дети мороза

by Jack London, Джек Лондон

Американский писатель Джек Лондон (наст. имя Джон Гриффит; 1876—1916) прошел противоречивый и сложный творческий путь. В детстве он рано вынужден был искать заработок. Некоторое время бродяжничал, плавал матросом на промысловой шхуне, переменил множество профессий и, наконец, зараженный «золотой лихорадкой», отправился на Аляску. Золотоискательство стало темой первых его рассказов, довольно скоро принесших ему широкую известность. Романтика борьбы человека с природой вносит в произведения Лондона элементы, характерные для приключенческого жанра. В данном томе представлены повести и рассказы, созданные писателем в период с 1900 по 1911 год.

Genres: Fiction, Classics, Short Stories, Adventure, Ebooks, Historical Fiction, Drama

138 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1902

About the author

John Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.

His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".

Reviews

[Ernesto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some critics consider Jack London’s short tales far superior to his insanely popular novels “Call of the Wild” and “White Fang”. I don’t know if they are right, but I am quite sure he was one of the greatest short story writers of all time, right along Poe, Hoffmann and Maupassant, exerting enormous influence even among Latin-American literature (Most notably Horacio Quiroga). This collection shows the adventures and misadventures of the “children” alluded in the title: members of several Native-American tribes of the Canadian Arctic, Alaska and the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the XXth Century, on the backdrop of the Klondike Gold Rush amidst an harsh, unforgiving, Darwinian (red in tooth and claw indeed) Nature. The inevitable clash of civilizations brought by the coming of the gold-seeking “Sunlanders” often leads to tragedy of several degrees ranging from minor squabbles to all-out war and near annihilation. Needless to say, this book in VERY politically-incorrect for today standards: London doesn’t hesitate in showing both White Man’s greed and native primitivism, ruthlessness and treachery and their consequences, all the while refusing to take sides. Not all tales boast equals quality, however, among masterpieces like “The Law of Life” and “The Sunlanders” there are other less engaging, and the dialogs trying to imitate native speech are a little difficult to tread, especially if English is not one’s first language. I can’t think of more serious faults, and overall London’s work retains most of its freshness and vitality even more than a century later.

[Ida H · Rating 1 out of 5]

First one star ever rated here, probably in part because I somehow felt a little betrayed.
I picked this book up blindly, because some of London's other works have been very important to me growing up. This was a painful read, and I was very close to putting it down without finishing many times.
The language used to describe Inuit and First Nations people, and the way women are portrayed and used as plot devices is just upsetting. At best it hasn't aged well.

If you're really interested in reading Jack London - Pick some of his other stories up. He has written way better short stories and better novels.
If you're really interested in the setting - read something by an indigenous author.
If you still really want to read it, only bother with the one or two novellas that catch your eye, you're not missing anything.

[rachid idjiou · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jack London ce mec d'Alaska, le grand maître de la fiction de la vie sauvage au nord polaire. Il inspire beaucoup des écrivains , des artistes et des gens simples qui la turbulence de la vie moderne et civilisation industrielle pour vivre au fond du froid polaire.des rêveurs se déplacent à Alaska pour se consacrer entièrement leur temps à créer une existence nouvelles dans la quelque ils seront libre dans la nature vierge.Ces rêveurs sont fascinés par la beauté de la description imaginaire de la vie sauvage au nord polaire faite par jack london le maître d'Alaska. Parmi des oeuvres de fiction qui révèle la sensibilité romantique de London ce livre que je viens de lire intitulé Les enfants du froid .Jack London nous raconte sous forme de recueil des nouvelles ou simplement des récits gens simples et heureux qui lutte contre le climat froid et les conditions difficiles de la vie sauvage pour survivre .

[Benedict · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm a big fan of Jack London. I've read and enjoyed a number of his works, including some of his short stories. So finding a Librivox audiobook of this, a collection of 10 short stories, I was excited. I didnt know what they would be about, but from the title and my knowledge of his work, I assumed it would be along the lines of To Build a Fire; short stories about surviving the inhospitable north of the American continent.

Children of the Frost is a series of 10 short stories about and from the viewpoints of native Americans. Reminder that this was written by a white American in 1902.

So it goes less in for the nature-themed, atmospheric stuff I expected and more into an imagination about First People society, and it comes across as reductive and stereotypical. I can't know how much of this could have been inspired by interactions with natives and how much is just guessing based on, frankly, racist caricatures. Something about this just doesn't sit right. Even if you ignore the racist undertones (ha), because he doesn't see the natives as complex or interesting people, he doesn't write them as such. This makes the stories themselves pretty dull and unengaging.

Jack London writes incredible short stories, but give these a miss.

[Charles Sheard · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. All of these stories are entertaining, though there is a certain sameness to them at times. "The Law of Life" perhaps resonates the most, as the blind elder is left to die by his tribe when they move on. The entire collection is certainly interesting in its depiction of the culture clashes of Europeans moving into the natives' territory at a much later date in North American history (late 1890s) than most of the conflicts in the US. When the believed-dead son, Nam-Bok, returns with tales of the civilized world and is told to leave because the tribe cannot believe his lies, it speaks to such issues of any human ignorance that does not wish to hear truths that clash with existing understanding.

London wrote an enormous amount of short stories, only a few of which are well known, but I hope to work through several more volumes in the near future.

[Yusuf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yarısına kadar zorlayarak devam etmiş olsam da devamını getiremedim, en azından şimdilik. Belki ileride tekrar dönerim.

Kuzey'de karlar içinde yaşayan bir kabilenin hayatından öyküler içeren bir kitabın beni nasıl sarmalamadığını anlayamıyorum. Hikayeler hep bir tekleme ile malûl gibi geldi. Bir türlü gürül gürül akmıyor. Dediğim gibi, kitabın içine dalamamak büyük bir sürpriz oldu benim için.

[Canberk Yesilada · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jack London gerçekten sevdiğim yazarlardan biridir. Daha önce Beyaz Diş, Vahşetin Çağrısı ve Martin Eden gibi çok iyi kitaplarından okudum. Martin Eden genelde en sevdiğim kitaplar arasında da her zaman yukarılardadır. Buzun Çocukları okuduğum dördüncü London kitabı oldu ve beni hayal kırıklığına uğrattı. Okuduğum öteki kitaplarındaki gibi bir hava kesinlikle bulamadım. Konu olarak güzel olsa da işleniş olarak gerçekten zor okudum çünkü hikayeler sürükleyicilikten çok uzaktı. Kuzeydeki kabilelerin günlük hayatları, gelenek ve görenekleri, "beyaz adam" ile ilk karşılaşmaları gibi durumların işlendiği çeşitlil hikayelerden oluşuyor. Aralarından 1-2 hikaye dışındakileri gerçekten sadece yazara olan saygımdan dolayı bitirdim. Öteki London kitaplarını sevip de bunu okumak isteyen varsa lütfen kendilerini beklentiye sokmadan okusunlar.

[Goddess of Chaos · Rating 4 out of 5]

With the mythical northwest passage reopening, these stories have renewed magic

Jack London's writing is famous with good reason. One of the lines that caught me early on in this series of short stories was "The world's explorers have known it, from time to time, but hitherto they have never returned to tell the world."

Part of what got me thinking about stories about Eskimos and the great frozen North was the reopening of the mythical northwest passage, and these stories capture that sense of the finale frontier, the cultures we are still getting to know and discover, and bring to life that sense of exploration, in its many facets.

[Lillian Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was one of the best books I have ever read. My favorite part of the entire book was when the soldiers went camping Great job Jack London. I would recommended this book to all of my friends and family members.

[NC · Rating 3 out of 5]

The old west, gold mining stories are not at all interesting to me. And the language doesn’t flow as I read these stories since classics are not part of my normal choice of books. So I took the easy way out and rated 3 stars.

[Jeanfrance Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super roman si vous aimez les tribus indiennes. Du chamanisme et des malédictions c est pour vous. Ce sont des nouvelles.dans le froid et la forêt la chasse à l homme et les chiens loups c est très bien raconté je continue à lire Jack london

[Max Lester · Rating 3 out of 5]

Of course, don't expect a modern take on Alaskan indigenous cultures. But it's got some icy beauty inside, and some of the short stories are really good, like "The Law of Life" and "The League of the Old Men".

[Louise · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. A lot of fake native people tales. Just wasn’t very plausible to me

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listened to on youtube

[Nickolay Moshkin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Простенько довольно. Но слегка интересно. 2.5 звезды.

[Danae · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5*

These short stories were written from the perspectives of Native American characters. My problem with them is that I can't count on any kind of authenticity in their portrayals due to London's racism. Also, as usual, none of them jumped out at me as being particularly entertaining.

[Don Henwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

A bit brutal, but great writing.

[Hamid · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Kerli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jack London võib ju klassik olla aga need teosed mida mina olen tema sulest lugenud on kuidagi robustsed ja venivad.

Antud lühijuttude kogumikuga ei saanud ma algul vedama ja siis enam pidama. Londoni kirjakeel on lihtne aga kuidagi ei haara kaasa.

Nii nagu "Lõunamere juttudes", nii olid ka "Külma laste" tegelased pärismaalased, kes olid üsna lollikesteks tehtud. Võimalik, et tol ajal nad olidki lihtsameelsed aga siiski oli neist üsna kahju.

Eriti läksid mulle hinge - "Üksildase pealiku haigus" oma puändiga, kogumiku kõige vaimukas lugu.
"Li Wan, see valgetverd" ja "Vanameeste vandenõu".

Need kolm lugu ka päästsid selle teose hinde minu jaoks.

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a free download onto my kindle. I read it while travelling on the Alaskan Maritime Highway on the Inside Passage. Series of short stories. Some stories showcases the racism or elitism between the western, white man and the native alaskan, but then that may have been the standard sentiment in the society when Jack London was introduced to Alaska. Good stories though. Exciting and take you to a wild Alaska.

[bkwurm · Rating 2 out of 5]

Collection of short stories all set in the frozen north. A little dated now and it is interesting to see how the author constantly presents the white man as being extremely desirable to the native women. The author does go overboard, however, in one story where he depicts the white man a tribe saves as being so useful to them in teaching them how to fight, ambush and fortify their villages that they cannot bear to let him leave.

[Tinquerbelle]

London, Jack
The Unabridged Jack London

In compilation only.

1) In the Forests of the North
2) The Law of Life
3) Nam-Bok the Unveracious
4) The Master of Mystery
5) The Sunlanders
6) The Sickness of Lone Chief
7) Keesh, the Son of Keesh
8) The Death of Ligoun
9) Li Wan the Fair
10) The League of the Old Men

[Conrad Toft · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack London manages to capture both the lives of the natives and the newcomers without seeming to judge each except through the eyes of the others. Through this collection of short stories he tells of the tragedies that befell both groups as they learned to live with each other in the American north.

[Scott Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

An almost tragically comical short story from London, Nam-Bok the Unveracious is the tale of a long missing Aboriginal man who returns to tell his friends and family of the strange adventures he encounters with evidently European culture. His tales appear completely incredulous and lead to his being dismissed by those he returns to see.

[Bryce]

An interesting view into the lives of "Eskimo" people. I wonder how many of these short stories are Jack's actual experiences, how many are the related experiences of people he knew, and how many are fictitious?

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the better Jack London Klondike stories in this one. The Law of Life in particular has stuck with me.

[Zane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read.
1) In the Forests of the North
2) The Law of Life
3) Nam-Bok the Unveracious
4) The Master of Mystery
5) The Sunlanders
6) The Sickness of Lone Chief
7) Keesh, Son of Keesh
8) The Death of Ligoun
9) Li-Wan, the Fair
10) The League of Old Men

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of short stories of the Yukon, exploring the lives and relations of whites and indigenous peoples. As with all collections of short stories, some are good, and some are not, and because this is Jack London, all are a tad flowery and at times a bit tedious.

[John Standridge · Rating 3 out of 5]

nice collection of stories; layers of depth

[Jared Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bought a London collection of his short stories back in '98 and this is in that collection. His Alaska short stories are generally good.