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出版社: Penguin
2003-06
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780142003510
定价: 110.20
装帧: 平装
开本: 16开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 320页
正文语种: 英语
  • Foranyonewholovesreadingasmuchasrunning,TheRunner'sLiteraryCompanionistheultimatepleasure.Itcontainsallthegreatestappearancesofrunnersinliterature:indeliblescenesfromclassicrunningnovels,andunforgettableshortstoriesandpoems.WhetheryouareaweekendjoggeroranOlympiccontender,whetherasprinteroramarathoner,oranythinginbetween,ifyouareathinkingrunner,thisbookhassomethingthatwillsetyourheartracing,orsendyououtthedoorinrunningshoes,orsimplybringasmileofrecognitiontoyourface—therecognitionofkindredsouls.Thesetwenty-fourstoriesandtwenty-fourpoemsaretoldinasplendidmixofvoicesandliterarystyles.Theyincludealovestory,twowarstories,andahorrorstory;severalmurdersandasurrealcomedy.Buttheyallareteemingwithrunners.Theyfeaturecharacterswhoarepresentinthelivesofmanyrunnersalready:QuentonCassidy,theyoungmilerinJohnL.Parker'scultnovel,OnceaRunner,Smith,thefiercerebelofTheLonelinessoftheLong-DistanceRunner,andArchieHamilton,theill-fatedsprinterfromGallipoli.Newheroes(andsomevillains)abound,rangingfromtheshy,persistenthighschoolrunner,JohnSobieski,toJamesTabor'snamelessavengingdrifter,whoactsouteveryrunner'sdarkestviolentImpulse.NottomentionPeteNilsonandBradTownes,twomarathonerswho(fordifferentreasons)runthemselvesneartodeath,andfindtherestrangeblissandredemption.AndHazelElizabethDeborahParker(Squeaky),agirlinHarlemwhosesprintingbringsherjoyandstrength.Besidestheextraordinarycharacters,andsomeplotswhichcouldadrenalizethedead,thesestoriesandpoemsofferbeautiful,inspiringdescriptionsofthephysicalactofrunning.TheRunner'sLiteraryCompanioncontainsrunningaseveryrunnerdreamsofit—fluid,powerful,andgraceful.Itanatomizesthevastcomplexityofthisseeminglysimpleact.Anditfindsequalnobilityinchampionsandunknowns.Eachstoryandpoempulseswithcourage,fear,pain,hope,andelation.Fictionandpoetrysharewithrunninganexhilarationandanintensity;theyconcentrateandmagnifyreallife.TheRunner'sLiteraryCompanion,bygatheringthesestoriesandpoems,offersaglimpseofrunningasthetranscendentthingitcanbe.Andaboveall,thisbookwillbringhoursofreadingpleasuretoanyonewhoruns,orwhoonceran,orwhohopestorunsomeday.Foreveryonewholovesreadingasmuchasrunning,thispleasing,inspiringcollectionof48shortstoriesandpoemsonrunningofferscontributionsfromauthorsasdiverseasJoyceCarolOates,WaltWhitman,andA.E.Housman,"(TheRunner'sLiteraryCompanion)animatesthespiritofrunningbetterthananyotherbook."--Runner'sWorld. DonaldBain,JessicaFletcher’slongtimecollaborator,isthewriterofovereightybooks,manyofthembestsellers.
  • 内容简介:
    Foranyonewholovesreadingasmuchasrunning,TheRunner'sLiteraryCompanionistheultimatepleasure.Itcontainsallthegreatestappearancesofrunnersinliterature:indeliblescenesfromclassicrunningnovels,andunforgettableshortstoriesandpoems.WhetheryouareaweekendjoggeroranOlympiccontender,whetherasprinteroramarathoner,oranythinginbetween,ifyouareathinkingrunner,thisbookhassomethingthatwillsetyourheartracing,orsendyououtthedoorinrunningshoes,orsimplybringasmileofrecognitiontoyourface—therecognitionofkindredsouls.Thesetwenty-fourstoriesandtwenty-fourpoemsaretoldinasplendidmixofvoicesandliterarystyles.Theyincludealovestory,twowarstories,andahorrorstory;severalmurdersandasurrealcomedy.Buttheyallareteemingwithrunners.Theyfeaturecharacterswhoarepresentinthelivesofmanyrunnersalready:QuentonCassidy,theyoungmilerinJohnL.Parker'scultnovel,OnceaRunner,Smith,thefiercerebelofTheLonelinessoftheLong-DistanceRunner,andArchieHamilton,theill-fatedsprinterfromGallipoli.Newheroes(andsomevillains)abound,rangingfromtheshy,persistenthighschoolrunner,JohnSobieski,toJamesTabor'snamelessavengingdrifter,whoactsouteveryrunner'sdarkestviolentImpulse.NottomentionPeteNilsonandBradTownes,twomarathonerswho(fordifferentreasons)runthemselvesneartodeath,andfindtherestrangeblissandredemption.AndHazelElizabethDeborahParker(Squeaky),agirlinHarlemwhosesprintingbringsherjoyandstrength.Besidestheextraordinarycharacters,andsomeplotswhichcouldadrenalizethedead,thesestoriesandpoemsofferbeautiful,inspiringdescriptionsofthephysicalactofrunning.TheRunner'sLiteraryCompanioncontainsrunningaseveryrunnerdreamsofit—fluid,powerful,andgraceful.Itanatomizesthevastcomplexityofthisseeminglysimpleact.Anditfindsequalnobilityinchampionsandunknowns.Eachstoryandpoempulseswithcourage,fear,pain,hope,andelation.Fictionandpoetrysharewithrunninganexhilarationandanintensity;theyconcentrateandmagnifyreallife.TheRunner'sLiteraryCompanion,bygatheringthesestoriesandpoems,offersaglimpseofrunningasthetranscendentthingitcanbe.Andaboveall,thisbookwillbringhoursofreadingpleasuretoanyonewhoruns,orwhoonceran,orwhohopestorunsomeday.Foreveryonewholovesreadingasmuchasrunning,thispleasing,inspiringcollectionof48shortstoriesandpoemsonrunningofferscontributionsfromauthorsasdiverseasJoyceCarolOates,WaltWhitman,andA.E.Housman,"(TheRunner'sLiteraryCompanion)animatesthespiritofrunningbetterthananyotherbook."--Runner'sWorld.
  • 作者简介:
    DonaldBain,JessicaFletcher’slongtimecollaborator,isthewriterofovereightybooks,manyofthembestsellers.
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