by Alejandro Gándara · Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423317578
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«La media distancia» is the novel by Alejandro Gándara, published by Destino in paperback (276 pages, in Spanish).
A 1,500-metre runner nicknamed el Charro arrives in Madrid from Salamanca, signed by a capital team, while he notices his days of triumph are waning. Before the gaze of a narrator, the novel portrays the Spain of the 1970s and reconstructs the protagonist's past, a time halfway along in search of explanation and light.
Emblematic work of the new Spanish narrative, number 284 of the Destinolibro collection. Juan Benet noted that the novel could serve as a reflection of its era.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in the portrait of 1970s Spain and in characters facing personal decline.
Alejandro Gándara is a Spanish writer. Born in Santander, Cantabria, Gandara studied political science and sociology at Complutense University in Madrid, where he also now teaches. He won the Premio Ignacio Aldecoa for short stories in 1979, and published his first novel La media distancia in 1984. He has published more than a dozen volumes of fiction and non-fiction, and his work has been translated into English, German and Italian among other languages.
