Running

by Jean Echenoz

Book Overview

Following his brilliant portrait of Maurice Ravel, Jean Echenoz turns to the life of one of the greatest runners of the twentieth century, and once again demonstrates his astonishing abilities as a prose stylist. Set against the backdrop of the Soviet liberation and post-World War II communist rule of Czechoslovakia, Running--a bestseller in France--follows the famed career of Czech runner Emil Z topek: a factory worker who, despite an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595584730
• ISBN13: 9781595584731
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 1285 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.1"