The Rider
$36.24
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2003
Summary
The instant cult classic about biking, road racing, and the bicyclists who love their sport.
Originally published in Holland in 1978, The Rider went on to sell more than 100,000 copies. Brilliantly conceived and written at a break-neck pace, it is a loving, imaginative, and, above all, passionate tribute to the art of bicycle road racing.
Tim Krabbé begins this story at the very start of the Tour de Mont Aigoual, ready to race his rivals through the m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781582342900 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1582342903 |
| Author: | Sam Garrett, Tim Krabbé |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2003 |
| Weight: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 129mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
’…there’s something about Krabbe’s spare writing style that lulls even uninitiated readers into a sort of trance–presumably not unlike that of the long-distance racer moving ever closer to the finishing line.’
‘The Rider is a great read and a great ride. Krabbe’s half-day race, delivered kilometer by kilometer onto the page, shows the sport for what it is: painful, exhilarating, tactical, relational, fast, slow, dangerous, consuming, prone to mechanical failure, heroic, futile…’
‘A complex meditation on the nature of extreme physical and mental exertion, wrapped in the guise of a simple account of one bicycle race. It will leave you wrung out, exhilarated, and relieved that you didn’t break any bones while experiencing it.’
‘Compelling…irradiated by an intense love of cycling and a fascination with the nature of the racing experience…[Krabbe] captures the rhythm of the race.’
‘The Rider is a great read and a great ride.’
Sam Garrett
Tim Krabbé is one of Holland’s leading writers, and his novels are published all over the world. His many books include The Vanishing and The Cave. He lives in Amsterdam.
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