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"We had to insist that Émile should start running. But when he starts, he doesn't stop. He doesn't stop accelerating. Here's the man who will run the fastest on the Earth." This biographical novel features Emil Zátopek (1922-2000), a giant of sport that "does nothing like the others", even if he is only an ordinary man. Crossing the cold war with an unusual stride, the "Czech Locomotive" would not make the race a liberating moment, against the alienating cadence of the modern world? To remember: Chronological highlights; Jean Echenoz at the glance; The summary of the novel; The key themes of Running File on the work and on the limiting program "Rythms and cadodes of modern life: what time for oneself?" - Why read Running today? - Literary history and presentation of Running - The important words of the novel - Two groups of texts - Artistic prolongations - Appropriation exercises - Method points and exercises to prepare the