The Most Distant Way - Softcover

Gault, Ewan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909374490 ISBN 13: 9781909374492

Publisher: Holland House Books, 2013

Synopsis

Two young British distance runners, Kirsten and Mike, are training in Kenya's Rift Valley, an area with the greatest density of elite endurance runners on earth. With only a week remaining of their three month stay, they each have to face up to their fears about going home whilst trying to make sense of their lives. Meanwhile, the country around them is beginning to tear itself apart, as an election, which will plunge Kenya into weeks of bloodshed, approaches. During their final days in The Rift Valley, Kirsten becomes involved in the plight of a street child who she believes has been killed at a political rally, while Mike's dedication to running becomes an obsession with unlocking the secret behind Kenyan running excellence. Ewan Gault explores the distances between aspiration and reality, purpose and meaning and, above all, the distance between people.

About this title

About the Author

Since graduating with a distinction from Glasgow University s Creative Writing Masters in 2006, Ewan Gault'sshort stories have been widely performed and frequently published in journals such as: "New Writing Scotland," "Gutter "Magazine and "From Glasgow to Saturn." Other short stories have won the Fish/Crime Writers Association prize in 2007, shortlisted 2008, won The Glasgow 2020 Prize, and the Runners-up prize in The Scotsman/Orange competition 2005. Last year two of his stories were shortlisted for The Scottish National Galleries Short Story Prize and The Bloody Scotland Festival Short Story Prize."

Edition details

• Publisher: Holland House Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1909374490
• ISBN 13: 9781909374492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 187