Name: The Cabaret of the last Chance: John Barleycorn
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Author: Ballin, G-Ph ; London, Jack
ISBN: 9781541391147

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The Cabaret of the last Chance: John Barleycorn

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jack London

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

238

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9781541391147

Synopsis "The Cabaret of the last Chance: John Barleycorn"

John Barleycorn", published in France under the title "The Cabaret of Last Chance", is a fictionalized autobiography. These alcoholic memories were intended to support the advocates of prohibition. As the soap opera in the Saturday Evening Post, all anti-alcoholics use it as a standard. Neither autobiography, nor memoirs, nor narrative, but at the same time, the narrator tells us how, throughout his life, a kind of double accompanied him permanently: John Barleycorn, who in America is the personification of the alcohol. Why drink, how, under what circumstances? Facts and gesture of whiskey, mischief and gesture of the alcoholic. "Outside, we broke the bottlenecks against the curbs, and we drank." How to stop. Is it possible to only think about it? "All the paths I followed were soaked with alcohol."

Jack London

(Author)

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Jack London (1876-1916), pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney, is one of the great American writers of the early 20th century. His world is inspired by a very subjective interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and is built on the principle of survival of the fittest. Born in San Francisco, he was essentially a self-taught child who avidly read the collections of the public library. At seventeen, he embarked on his first schooner, heading to Japan. After several experiences as a sailor and vagabond -which also led to his imprisonment-, London attended Oakland High School and later, the University of California, which he had to leave due to financial problems. Like many, he suffered from gold fever until he finally turned to writing.

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