{"product_id":"confessions-of-a-cyclist-leanne-bridgewater-9781912211456","title":"Confessions of a Cyclist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConfessions of a Cyclist\u003c\/em\u003e is utter inspiration from the film \u003cem\u003eNight Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, where the opening scene is John Grierson reading W. H. Auden's ground-breaking poem. It is experimental journey-poetics, and may also have family resemblance to Jack Kerouac's \u003cem\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/em\u003e, Hunter S. Thompson's \u003cem\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/em\u003e, and even Derek Jarman's film \u003cem\u003eBlue\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cyclist lends its hands AND FEET to a great deal of intimacy but no connection, pedaling, which in turn, animates. A cyclist is passive, romancing the world through seducing scenes, without the commitment. Getting lost in time, but within the time-frame given for the daily commuter's route. Mine: 40 minutes one way, and 40 minutes back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cycle is a repetition of a cycle. The scene never wholly changes but changes constantly. \u003cem\u003eConfessions of a Cyclist\u003c\/em\u003e takes a journalistic approach through poetics, over-hyping observations, dubbing people's conversations, reporting on regular people seen, for instance, the man in the turban who feeds the pigeons every Saturday morning. In places, the work is biographical, in others, memoir, in others, freak-outs, and in some you can see repeated words become chants when cycling at certain speeds: NOW-AND-A-GAIN-MY-HEN-IT'S-A-NEW-GEN-ER-A-TION.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leanne Bridgewater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912211459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912211456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knives Forks and Spoons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Leanne Bridgewater","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486287245567,"sku":"9781912211456","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4812109-3072-46fd-b1e6-dd4a6f708be5.jpg?v=1778054742","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/confessions-of-a-cyclist-leanne-bridgewater-9781912211456","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}