Sillitoe, Alan: 1928 - 2010
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, 1959 - Information about the Book
- General Information
- The story can be read as a gesture of self-assertion and refusal on the part of a young everyman to accept the smug, comfortable values of a decaying older generation.
- Information from Wikipedia
- Articles
- Smith: A Winning Loser or a Losing Winner? by Alberto Meli. February, 1998
- Dream and Reality in Science. September 4, 1974 (pdf format)
- Analysis: "Smith is self-reliant and determined but cannot imagine success because there will always be someone in authority waiting to stop him." Nasrullah Mambrol; September 24, 2022
- Analyses about various stories, incl. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner. Nasrullah Mambrol; June 23, 2020
- Lessons of "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner." Impact and Errors. How and why do societies fall apart, without any external compulsion to do so? June 23, 2020