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Zatopek : When you can't keep going, go faster!

When you can't keep going, go faster!

Jan Novak

Jaromir 99

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Emil Zatopek is arguably the greatest Olympic champion of all time. The Czech runner's three gold medals at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics, for the 5,000 meter, 10,000 meter, and marathon is an achievement that has never been matched. His success as a runner made him a national hero, but as a public figure, outspoken and unafraid to take a stand, he was equally impressive. Even before the Helsinki Games, Zatopek had scored a remarkable victory, successfully pressuring the Communist regime to allow his colleague Stanislav Jungwirth, who until then had been excluded on political grounds, to compete. In Zatopek, Jan Novak and Jaromir 99 trace the extraordinary life and times of the great Olympian, from his first meeting with Dana, the love of his life, to the victories that would ensure his lasting legacy.

Jan Novak is a Czech writer and documentary maker. He was awarded two Carl Sandburg prizes for the Best Book of the Year by the Chicago Public Library and the Magnesia Litera for the Czech Book of the Year. He co-authored The Turnaround (1994), Milos Forman's autobiography, and in 2020 published a controversial biography about Milan Kundera. Jaromir 99 is a Czech singer, songwriter, and artist who is best known for his work with Jaroslav Rudis on the comics trilogy Alois Nebel. He is also the author (with David Zane Mairowitz) of The Castle, an adaptation of Kafka's novel (SelfMadeHero, 2013).

Publisher
SelfMadeHero
ISBN
9781910593882
Binding
Hardback
Page Extent
208
Weight (kg)
1.5
Height (in)
9.45
Width (in)
6.69
Subject
Graphic Novels
Published Date
08 / 10 / 2020

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