The Long Running Life of Helena Zigon : : A True Story in 21 Kilometers / / Jasmina Kozina Praprotnik.

Anthropologist Jasmina Praprotnik met Helena Zigon while running. Over the course of an icy Slovenian winter, the two marathon runners got together frequently, and Zigon told Praprotnik about her life. Here, Praprotnik tells Zigon's captivating story in Zigon's own voice. Each chapter is m...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
©2017
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.) :; 18 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • At the Starting Line
  • KILOMETER ONE Each Step Counts
  • KILOMETER TWO But Where Are You, Girls?
  • KILOMETER THREE The Slope of Love
  • KILOMETER FOUR In Search of a Safe Home
  • KILOMETER FIVE The Letter
  • KILOMETER SIX Helena, Is That You?
  • KILOMETER SEVEN Will You Embrace Her When You Meet?
  • KILOMETER EIGHT How Strange Life Turns Out!
  • KILOMETER NINE The Path to Jail
  • KILOMETER TEN Moving Out
  • KILOMETER ELEVEN May I Ask for the Next Dance, Comrade?
  • KILOMETER TWELVE Three Girls on a Bicycle
  • KILOMETER THIRTEEN My Mother-In-Law’s Gift
  • KILOMETER FOURTEEN Helena, Think about Something Nice
  • KILOMETER FIFTEEN To Ride! To Be Free!
  • KILOMETER SIXTEEN Supper under the White Lady
  • KILOMETER SEVENTEEN With Such Pleasure and Determination
  • KILOMETER EIGHTEEN To Have Time for Yourself
  • KILOMETER NINETEEN A Little More
  • KILOMETER TWENTY I Can’t Do It Anymore
  • KILOMETER TWENTY-ONE Where Is My Last Harbor?
  • The Finish Line
  • About How This Book Was Born
  • Thanks