The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Name: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Author: Alan Sillitoe

by Alan Sillitoe

Novella of an angry young borstal runner competing in a race representing his inner conflict

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Alan Sillitoe

Though British-born, Alan Sillitoe spent significant time in America and his fiction of the alienated working class had strong influence on American proletarian writing. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning remains a model of vernacular working-class fiction.

More by Alan Sillitoe

Saturday Night and Sunday MorningNovel of a young factory worker's Friday night rebellion and sexual adventure in Nottingham
The General
Key to the DoorNovel set in post-war Britain following a young man's coming of age and military service
Raw MaterialAutobiographical novel drawing on Sillitoe's formative experiences and working-class life
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance RunnerNovella about a young borstal inmate who rebels through his long-distance running
A Tree on FireNovel exploring violence and passion in post-war England with psychological depth