9780143144946

Bicycle Diaries

David Byrne

ISBN 10: 0143144944 / 0-14-314494-4
ISBN 13: 9780143144946
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Publication Date: 2009

Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis:

A musician and visual artist describes his preference for traveling by folding bicycle throughout New York City, a choice that has enabled his discovery of the mode's ensuing sense of freedom as well as his observations on the city's inner workings and rhythms. Read by the author. Simultaneous.


Review:

"Candid and self-deprecating, Byrne offers a work that is as engaging as it is cerebral and informative."

Publishers Weekly, 07/13/2009

Review:

"[H]e often writes like a shell-shocked alien recently landed on Earth and suffering from a mild case of Asperger's, and I mean that as a compliment...."

Scott Indrisek, Time Out (New York), 09/17/2009