Lives; Running - Couverture souple

Renton, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780992351 ISBN 13 : 9781780992358

Editeur : Zero Books, 2012

Synopsis

David Renton was in his mid-teens a country standard middle-distance runner. He tells the story of how he began to run, and of the influence over him of his father's own career as an international-standard rower. He portrays running as a step towards a world of freedom, and describes his father's own attempts to find ideas that would guide his life. Extract from the book: I have raced along summer beaches and across frozen lakes. I have sprinted along canals and beside riverbanks. Once, I raced a friend around two laps of the largest outdoor swimming pool in Europe, the bathers lifting their legs upwards in an attempt to catch our trailing feet. I ran on the day of the worst storms the country had ever known, battling the wind on the way out, my fingers pointing out and up, my head ten degrees forwards of vertical. On the way back, I ran the same four miles even faster, jubilant at my speed, triumphing over nature. There were many victories. I have run in joy, I have run in so many kinds of pain. Today, the din of my feet on gravel is ponderously slow ... I run slowly and without style, just like a dad dancing. Lives; running is the story of a running career.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David Renton is a barrister living in London; a former academic historian and sociologist, and a one-time county-standard middle-distance runner. His writing can be followed at www.dkrenton.co.uk.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zero Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1780992351
• ISBN 13: 9781780992358
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 132
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible