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by Alejandro Gándara · Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · 281 pages
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La media distancia es una novela del autor español Alejandro Gándara, publicada en 1988 por Círculo de Lectores. La historia sigue a un corredor de 1.500 metros conocido como el Charro, quien llega a Madrid desde Salamanca, fichado por un equipo de la capital. A medida que sus días de triunfo parecen declinar, su vida personal también parece desmoronarse. A través de la mirada del narrador, la novela explora la España de los años 70, un tiempo de transición y cambio, mientras el protagonista intenta encontrar sentido a su pasado y vislumbrar un futuro incierto.

Alejandro Gándara is a Spanish writer. Born in Santander, Cantabria, Gandara studied political science and sociology at Complutense University in Madrid, where he also now teaches. He won the Premio Ignacio Aldecoa for short stories in 1979, and published his first novel La media distancia in 1984. He has published more than a dozen volumes of fiction and non-fiction, and his work has been translated into English, German and Italian among other languages.