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To Build a Fire [short story]

by Jack London

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A tenderfoot attempts to hike through the Yukon snows with his dog in order to reach a mining claim.
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El día amanecía gris y frío, muy gris y muy frío cuando el hombre abandonó la gran pista del Yukón y trepó el abrupto terraplén, por donde se adivinaba un sendero poco frecuentado que se dirigía hacia el este a través de un espeso bosque de abetos.

La pendiente era acusada y, con el pretexto mirar el reloj, el hombre se detuvo en lo alto de para recuperar el aliento. Eran las nueve. No se veía ni un atisbo de sol, y eso que no había ni una nube. El cielo estaba despejado y, sin embargo, la superficie de las cosas aparecía imperceptiblemente velada. Una tristeza sutil se adueñaba del día, y ello se debía, sin duda, a la ausencia de sol....

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JACK LONDON (R199)
Jlohn Griith London, mas conocido como Jack Landon, nacio en 1876 en San Francisco
Desempeño todo tipo de trabajos, desde guardián de colmenas u operarto de un vivero de ostras hasta marino, empleado de une lavandería, periodista ,buscador
de oro en Alaska o cazadoe de focas en lapon e independioente.

De pequeno ya devoraba avidamente les libros de la biblioteca, y toda su vida fue una
auténtica novela que le sirvió do fuente de inspiración para sus obras, entre las que destacan Martin Eden, La llamada de la selva,El lobo de mar o Colmillo blanco .Fue un firme defensor de los pobres y critico con dureza los prejuicios de su época. Se suicidó en 1916.

NATHAELE VOGEL

Tendría que haber sido ebanista y haber vivido en el campo, donde se habria dedicado a construir juguetes junto a la chimenea de su casa, con su perro, mientras oía caer la nieve, Pero lo cierto es que escogió ser ilustradora y desde entonces se dedica a navegar de un libro a otro como un fragil esquife para expresar el color de cada relato y traducir en imágenes su música o sus silencios. En este relato de Jack London ha aguantado la respirackon para escuchar el sonido de sus pasos sobre la nieve
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