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| Title | The Rider |  |
|---|---|---|
| author | Tim Krabbe | |
| Published | 03 June 2002 | |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | |
| R.R.P. | £ 7.99 |
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| Amazon UK | £ 5.47 | £ 0.00 | £ 5.47 | Go To Store |
| The Hut | £ 6.43 | £ 0.00 | £ 6.43 | Go To Store |
| Asda | £ 6.43 | £ 0.00 | £ 6.43 | Go To Store |
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| Sendit | £ 6.66 | £ 0.00 | £ 6.66 | Go To Store |
| Chipsworld | £ 6.66 | £ 0.00 | £ 6.66 | Go To Store |
| Play.com | £ 6.99 | £ 0.00 | £ 6.99 | Go To Store |
| Tesco | £ 7.19 | £ 0.00 | £ 7.19 | Go To Store |
| WH Smith | £ 6.29 | £ 0.99 | £ 7.28 | Go To Store |
| Dixons Entertainment | £ 7.99 | £ 0.00 | £ 7.99 | Go To Store |
| Currys Entertainment | £ 7.99 | £ 0.00 | £ 7.99 | Go To Store |
| PC World | £ 7.99 | £ 0.00 | £ 7.99 | Go To Store |
| Bookfellas | £ 8.09 | £ 0.00 | £ 8.09 | Go To Store |
| Pickabook | £ 6.11 | £ 2.50 | £ 8.61 | Go To Store |
| Waterstones | £ 7.19 | £ 1.49 | £ 8.68 | Go To Store |
| Sprint Books | £ 6.29 | £ 2.50 | £ 8.79 | Go To Store |
| Foyles | £ 6.74 | £ 2.50 | £ 9.24 | Go To Store |
| Computer Manuals | £ 8.09 | £ 2.50 | £ 10.59 | Go To Store |
| Blackwells | £ 8.99 | £ 2.00 | £ 10.99 | Go To Store |
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Tim Krabbé is one of Holland's leading writers. He is also a cycling (and chess) enthusiast. In The Rider he has created a book unique in the ranks of sporting literature, and probably elsewhere. Already acclaimed as a cycling classic, this translation from the original Dutch serves not only to evoke the endeavour and exhaustive struggle of road racing, but also inspires as a study into the workings of the human mind, from the context of a racing cyclist. The narrative is driven by an analysis equal parts psychological and philosophical, strategic and surreal. The reader might feel that Krabbé is presenting the race or the rider as a metaphor for life in general, but the author might argue that it is more than that as he brings the ecstasy and the agony of the race, and the descriptions of his fellow competitors, to such a prominent position that all else is somehow of little significance. Perhaps Krabbé's real point is that only the rider can truly understand what makes the feelings engendered by the race so vital. For the rest of us, his description might be the nearest we get. Nevertheless, The Rider stands as a masterpiece, and alone of its kind. The feelings experienced by the actors of endurance sports have never been so well captured, nor the power and the pain of cycle racing captured in such a cerebral yet compelling manner.--Trevor Crowe Amazon.co.uk Review.