A small wonder of writing and humanity.

-- L'EXPRESS Following his brilliant portrait of Maurice Ravel, Jean Echenoz turns to the life of one of the greatest runners of the twentieth century, and once again demonstrates his astonishing abilities as a prose stylist. Set against the backdrop of the Soviet liberation and post-World War II communist rule of Czechoslovakia, Running -- a bestseller in France--follows the famed career of Czech runner Emil Zátopek: a factory worker who, despite an initial contempt for athletics as a young man, is forced to participate in a footrace and soon develops a curious passion for the physical limits he discovers as a long-distance runner. Zátopek, who tenaciously invents his own brutal training regimen, goes on to become a national hero, winning an unparalleled three gold medals at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and breaking countless world records along the way. But just as his fame brings him upon the world stage, he must face the realities of an increasingly controlling regime. Written in Echenoz's signature style--elegant yet playful-- Running is both a beautifully imagined and executed portrait of a man and his art, and a powerful depiction of a country's propagandizing grasp on his fate.

讓·艾什諾茲，法國當代尤為重要的作傢之一，他的作品影響瞭許多年輕的寫作者。

1947年齣生於奧朗日。1979年以來，他在午夜齣版社發錶瞭17部作品，其中« 切羅基 »獲1983年梅迪西斯文學奬， «我走瞭» 獲1999年龔古爾文學奬。2016年，讓·艾什諾茲獲得法國國傢圖書館大奬。

譯者：孫聖英，法國文學博士，國際關係學院外語學院法語係副教授，法語語言文學學科組組長。研究專注於法國現當代文學及中法互譯，譯著曾入圍傅雷翻譯奬決賽。