{"product_id":"9781582342900","title":"The Rider","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in Holland in 1978, \u003ci\u003eThe Rider \u003c\/i\u003ebecame an instant cult classic, selling over 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. \u003cbr\u003eNot a dry history of the sport, \u003ci\u003eThe Rider \u003c\/i\u003eis beloved as a bicycle odyssey, a literary masterpiece that describes in painstaking detail one 150-kilometer race in a mere 150 pages. The Rider is the ultimate book for bike lovers as well as the arm-chair sports enthusiast. \u003cbr\u003eTim Krabbé is one of Holland's leading writers, and his novels are published all over the world. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a successful film, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cave\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Amsterdam. \u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Rider \u003c\/i\u003eis a great read and a great ride. Krabbé's half-day race, delivered kilometer by kilometer onto the page, shows the sport for what it is: painful, exhilarating, tactical, relational, fast, slow, dangerous, consuming, prone to mechanical failure, heroic, futile...\" -\u003ci\u003eDonald Antrim\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'...there's something about Krabbé's spare writing style that lulls even uninitiated readers into a sort of trance-presumably not unlike that of the long-distance racer moving ever closer to the finishing line.' -\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Compelling...irradiated by an intense love of cycling and a fascination with the nature of the racing experience... [Krabbé] captures the rhythm of the race.'-\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'A complex meditation on the nature of extreme physical and mental exertion, wrapped in the guise of a simple account of one bicycle race. It will leave you wrung out, exhilarated, and relieved that you didn't break any bones while experiencing it.' -\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036373795056,"sku":"9781582342900","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781582342900_p0.jpg?v=1769900443","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781582342900","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}