The Rider Krabbe TimPaperback
The Rider Krabbe TimPaperback Originally published in Holland in 1978, The Rider became an instant cult classic, selling over 100,000 copies. The Rider is the ultimate book for bike lovers as well as…
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The Rider Krabbe TimPaperback
Originally published in Holland in 1978, The Rider became an instant cult classic, selling over 100,000 copies. The Rider is the ultimate book for bike lovers as well as the arm-chair sports enthusiast.Tim Krabbe is one of Holland's leading writers, and his novels are published all over the world. 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.Not a dry history of the sport, The Rider is beloved as a bicycle odyssey, a literary masterpiece that describes in painstaking detail one 150-kilometer race in a mere 150 pages.
He lives in Amsterdam. His many books include The Vanishing, which was made into a successful film, and The Cave. 'The Rider is a great read and a great ride.
Krabbe's half-day race, delivered kilometer by kilometer