The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner

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THE CLASSIC COLLECTION OF SHORT FICTION FROM "ONE OF THE BEST ENGLISH WRITERS OF OUR DAY."- THE NEW YORK TIMES
^i^/^^unning is what counts in life," says the seventeen-year-old Vi^/narrator of the title piece of this exuber ant collection of darkly comic tales that established Alan Sillitoe as one of England's best writers and gave a voice to an entire generation of angry young men. Full of hard-won wisdom and gritty authenticity, these stories of working-class blokes slugging it out with the system in 1950s Nottingham resonate with the lusty defiance of those whose will cannot be broken by oppresive poverty. There is the rebellious youth of "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner," whose running becomes a metaphor for his refusal to bow to societal rules
in a delinquents' home. "On Saturday Afternoon" tells the story of a young man, fed up with life and angry at the world, who learns a life lesson when he stumbles across a neighbor attempting suicide. In "Noah's Ark," a boy... Tovább

Fülszöveg

THE CLASSIC COLLECTION OF SHORT FICTION FROM "ONE OF THE BEST ENGLISH WRITERS OF OUR DAY."- THE NEW YORK TIMES
^i^/^^unning is what counts in life," says the seventeen-year-old Vi^/narrator of the title piece of this exuber ant collection of darkly comic tales that established Alan Sillitoe as one of England's best writers and gave a voice to an entire generation of angry young men. Full of hard-won wisdom and gritty authenticity, these stories of working-class blokes slugging it out with the system in 1950s Nottingham resonate with the lusty defiance of those whose will cannot be broken by oppresive poverty. There is the rebellious youth of "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner," whose running becomes a metaphor for his refusal to bow to societal rules
in a delinquents' home. "On Saturday Afternoon" tells the story of a young man, fed up with life and angry at the world, who learns a life lesson when he stumbles across a neighbor attempting suicide. In "Noah's Ark," a boy who plays a con game at an amusement park gets taken for a spin himself. And "The Decline and Fall of Frankié Duller" is a rollicking tale of unbridled childhood fantasy and an e to the liberating powers
of imagination. ten uproarious, and full of
life, these nine stc Ö _ stunning social commentary,
a collection that stands as a modern British classic.
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A PLUME/PENGUIN BOOK
Fiction
Z6908
ISBN 0-452-26908-3
Cover design by Melissa Jacoby
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