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The Rider
The Rider
paperback
Published:
3 June, 2002
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780747559412 |
| ISBN10 | 0747559414 |
| Number Of Pages | 160 |
| Item Weight | 199 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 16 x 194 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | First British Edition |
Media Reviews
'On the one hand it is a literary masterpiece that will still be read a hundred years from now; on the other, it is the best book on sports in the Dutch language' Leeuwarder Courant 'Whenever I hit rock bottom I always think of those immortal words from The Rider by Tim Krabbe - Battoowoo Creakcreak - and everything seems just fine again' Maarten Ducroit, racing cyclist 'Classic account of the fictional Tour de Mont Aigoual. Like all the best sports writing, The Rider manages to convey the excitement, determination and skill of the competitors even to readers who have little or no knowledge of the sport. Above all, he evokes the heightened focus of the cyclists, for whom nothing seems real apart from the race' London Review of Books
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Author's Bio
Tim Krabbe 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 Krabbe, THE GATES OF DAMASCUS by Lieve Joris and SILENT EXTRAS by Arnon Grunberg.