by Alan Sillitoe · Folio · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070365302
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«La solitude du coureur de fond» is the short story collection by Alan Sillitoe published by Folio in paperback (310 pages, in French).
The title story follows Smith, a young inmate in a reformatory who finds in long-distance running a means of escape from authority. During his training, his thoughts address humble origins, social alienation, and silent resistance against a system that marginalizes him.
Published in 1974 by Gallimard in its Folio collection. The work belongs to the British Angry Young Men movement.
For readers of postwar British social fiction and stories of individual rebellion.
