When God Laughs and Other Stories

Jack London
Born John Griffith Chaney.
(1876 – 1916)
A famous American novelist and short-story writer, journalist, and social activist.

In his works Jack London deals romantically with elemental struggles for survival. His works have been extensively translated and he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain a large fortune from his works alone.

Named after the first story the collection When God Laughs and Other Stories explores themes for which London became famous: the struggle for survival in the midst of hostile environments, human nature's most elemental drives, and worker abuse in industrialized society.