The Rider
by Tim Krabbe
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Author: Tim KrabbeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-06-12
ISBN: 1582342903
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Book Reviews of The Rider
Book Review: Magic!
Summary: 5 Stars
I really loved the book. It is for sure in my 10 best books ever list.
The book really manages to describe with precision what goes inside a rider's mind (and all the dilemas) during a race. The style is quite humurous and easy to read.
But do not forget that the book is literally rich and powerfull. There are some phrases on the book that kept me wake for a couple of nights...
But I am not sure if a non-racer entusiast will like it that much.
Summary of The Rider
A literary sports classic, finally available in the U.S.
Originally published in Holland in 1978, The Rider became an instant cult classic, selling over 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.
Not a dry history of the sport, The Rider is beloved as a bicycle odyssey, a literary masterpiece that describes in painstaking detail one 150-kilometer race in a mere 150 pages. The Rider is the ultimate book for bike lovers as well as the arm-chair sports enthusiast.
Originally published in Holland in 1978, The Rider became an instant cult classic, selling over 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.
Not a dry history of the sport, The Rider is beloved as a bicycle odyssey, a literary masterpiece that describes in painstaking detail one 150-kilometer race in a mere 150 pages. The Rider is the ultimate book for bike lovers as well as the arm-chair sports enthusiast.
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