Shakespeare at 400, Jack London at 100: Genius Lives, by Jonah Raskin
In William Shakespeare’s comedy, “As You Like It, a traveler named Jaques waxes poetical in lines that have achieved literary immortality.
“All the world’s a stage,” he says. “And all the men and women merely players;/ They have their exits and their entrances,/And one man in his time plays many parts.”
Three hundred years later, Jack London, another melancholy traveler, might well have spoken nearly the same lines and meant them to be about himself.
As a fan of Jack London I recorded his book “The Cruise of the Snark” for my audiobook company Listen2rerad. To support the audiobook I have written several blogs about London. Here’s a link to some of them:
TWO MISTAKES THAT ALMOST KILLED JACKLONDON DURING “THE CRUISE OF THE SNARK”:
http://listen2read.com/two-big-mistakes-that-almost-killed-jack-london-during-the-cruise-of-the-snark/
THE BURNING OF A DREAM
http://listen2read.com/burning-dream/
THE 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARHTQUAKE
http://listen2read.com/107th-anniversary-of-the-1908-san-fransico-earthquake/
I am an admirer of London’s writing and glad to add “Snark” to our audiobook library.
Andre Stojka
Publisher
as@Listen2read.com
The next performance of the Iron Heel will be evening Sunday August 21, 2016 at the Humanist Hall 390 27th St. Oakland, CA