Tim Krabbé

The Rider

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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 mountains of Central France. Over the course of the 150 pages that follows, Krabbé takes his bike 150 kilometers, and pulls his readers into the life of the sport he loves. The Rider is beloved as… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-63557-419-7
EAN: 9781635574197
Produktnummer: 33424187
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 160 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 232 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Tim Krabbé is a chess as well as a cycling enthusiast and one of Holland's leading writers. His many books include the noir novels THE VANISHING and THE CAVE. He lives in Amsterdam. Sam Garrett, a former wire-service correspondent, is the translator of THE CAVE, also by Tim Krabbé, THE GATES OF DAMASCUS by Lieve Joris and SILENT EXTRAS by Arnon Grunberg.