The Rider

Krabbe, Tim/ Garrett, Sam (Translator)

ISBN 10: 1582342903 / ISBN 13: 9781582342900

Published by Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2003

reprint edition. 160 pages. 11.25x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # x-1582342903

Synopsis:

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 a bicycle odyssey, a literary masterpiece, and the ultimate book for bike lovers as well as the arm-chair sports enthusiast.

About the Authors: 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.

Sam Garrett is an award-winning translator of over thirty novels and works of non-fiction. He is the only translator to have twice won the British Society of Authors' Vondel Prize for Dutch-English translation.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Rider
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New