The Cyclist and His Shadow

"Offers an illuminating meditation on what drives cyclists to devote their lives and bodies to training, racing, and even doping. Olivier Haralambon, who spent ten years as a racing cyclist, presents cycling as simultaneously physical and creative, technological and mystical, torturous and ecstatic, and writes about the world of competitive cycling with rare honesty and self-reflection"--

List of contents

Foreword Richard Moore
Translator’s Introduction François Thomazeau

The Cyclist and His Shadow
1 My Pet Shadow 
2 Flat Cosmos 
3 The Finger of St. Thomas 
4 Competing 
5 Liquid Body 
6 Vocation
7 The Monster
8 Intimacy 
9 Grace and Disgrace 
10 Go to Heaven with Your Body 
11 Nocturne 
12 Physique 
13 Trace 
14 The Old Man 

About the author

Fascinated by bicycle racing from the age of 13, Olivier Haralambon was a racing cyclist for ten years, riding in hundreds of races, after which he studied philosophy at the University of Paris XII. He is a sports journalist and author of four books.
François Thomazeau is a French sports journalist, translator, publisher, musician, and renowned crime novelist.
Richard Moore was a freelance sports journalist, former racing cyclist, and cohost, with Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe, of The Cycling Podcast. He wrote seven books on bicycle racing. 

Product details

• Authors: Olivier Haralambon, Olivier/ Haralambon Haralambon
• Assisted by: Thomazeau François (Translation), François Haralambon (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781517913731
• ISBN: 978-1-5179-1373-1
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Univocal
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Sport > Motorsport, motorcycle sport, bicycle sport, aviation sport; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day