Riding with Rilke : Reflections on Motorcycles and Books

Ted Bishop

ISBN 10: 0670063851 / ISBN 13: 9780670063857

Published by Penguin Books Canada, Toronto, 2005

About this Item

8vo pp. 261, signed and dedicated on the title page.

Seller Inventory # 323478

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Riding with Rilke : Reflections on Motorcycles and Books
• Publisher: Penguin Books Canada, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670063851
• ISBN 13: 9780670063857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed By Author
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

"Part travelogue, part ode to his bike and part literary criticism...a memoir infused with joie de vivre."— Publishers Weekly
In this "joyful book" (Booklist), archive diver and Ducati enthusiast Ted Bishop takes readers on an epic trip from Edmonton to Austin, through the classic landscapes of the American West, and to some of America's and Europe's most famous cities as he considers what it means to be a road dog and a researcher. Whether describing how he came to own a Ducati, debating the merits of D. H. Lawrence's novels, relishing the outlaw thrill of cruising small American towns on his bike, or holding Virginia Woolf's suicide note in the British Library, Bishop "easily blends his love of books and archives with his love of motorcycles and riding...an unusual combination...but one that ultimately works" ( Library Journal ). A Playboy Best Book of 2006.

About the Author

Ted Bishop has authored books and articles on Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, and modernist publishing. His writing has also appeared in Cycle Canada, Enroute, and Rider. He lives in Edmonton, Canada, and teaches at the University of Alberta.