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Living in Britain in the 1950s could make Pollyanna and Mr. Greenjeans and Big Bird into alienated existentialists.

Here we have a kid who is in the "modern, progressive," verrsion of a British juvenile prison. This was a reform movement called the...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 20:35:42 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 20:42:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 05:15:15 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 05:22:48 -0800 2009 I coul...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Sep 04 14:45:26 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 14:45:26 -0700 2008 Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner - Alan Sillitoe
This quote pretty much says it. (pg 42):
Because you see I never race at all; I just run, and somehow I know that if i forget I'm racing and only jog-trot along until I don't know I'm running I always win the race. For when my eyes rec...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 17 12:07:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 12:07:00 -0700 2008
In Sillitoe's case, a touch of nihilism affects not only the young characters but their older counterparts. What's rem...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 18 12:34:07 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 24 15:31:08 -0800 2007
So far I'm not crazy about this, but I can't say it hasn't done anything for me because I went for a run this morning along a rural road in 20...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 20:55:09 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 09:38:58 -0800 2009 this sort of book, I really loved this. I like the balance of scope and the intimacy. It was not unlike The Catcher in the Rye in that way, and also as a transitional book: Just as one could argue that Catcher led to The Chocolate War and then the works of Chris Crutcher...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 31 04:19:32 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 06 07:29:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 12:58:51 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 12:58:51 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 08:33:14 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 13:14:22 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 17 11:58:56 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:51:18 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue Oct 13 12:26:09 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 12:26:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 17 10:09:44 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 10:11:49 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Oct 14 09:17:31 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 09:27:07 -0700 2007 ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jun 16 21:49:41 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 21:50:35 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Nov 22 01:09:26 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 03:35:17 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Fri Jul 24 06:28:23 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 06:31:18 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 14:13:09 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 14:13:32 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=233436