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Once a Runner Tapa blanda - 2010
de John L. Parker
Perhaps the best novel ever written about running. There are parts of "Once a Runner" that are pure poetry. I have never read descriptions of what it is to run and race as accurate and compelling as Parker's.--Tom Jordan, "Track & Field News."
Resumen
Originally self-published in 1978, Once a Runner captures the essence of competitive runningâÈ'and of athletic competition in generalâÈ'and has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever published..
Inspired by the authorâÈçs experience as a collegiate champion, the story focuses on Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. He is less than a second away when the turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his schoolâÈçs athletic department. After he becomes involved in an athletesâÈç protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team. Under the tutelage of his friend and mentor, Bruce Denton, a graduate student and former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his scholarship, his girlfriend, and possibly his future to withdraw to a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the race of his life against the greatest miler in history. .
A rare insiderâÈçs account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners, Once a Runner is an inspiring, funny, and spot-on tale of one manâÈçs quest to become a champion..
Inspired by the authorâÈçs experience as a collegiate champion, the story focuses on Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. He is less than a second away when the turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his schoolâÈçs athletic department. After he becomes involved in an athletesâÈç protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team. Under the tutelage of his friend and mentor, Bruce Denton, a graduate student and former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his scholarship, his girlfriend, and possibly his future to withdraw to a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the race of his life against the greatest miler in history. .
A rare insiderâÈçs account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners, Once a Runner is an inspiring, funny, and spot-on tale of one manâÈçs quest to become a champion..
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- Título Once a Runner
- Autor John L. Parker
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición 1 Reprint
- Páginas 304
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Scribner Book Company, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación 2010-04-06
- Features Price on Product - Canadian
- ISBN 9781416597896 / 1416597891
- Peso 0.56 libras (0.25 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.44 x 5.98 x 0.72 pulgadas (21.44 x 15.19 x 1.83 cm)
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- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Running, Runners (Sports)
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2010293323
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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"The best novel ever written about running."--Runner's World
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