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Viva Bartali!
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Viva Bartali!
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Inspired by the lyrical, mythic mode of Italian sports journalism
from the 1930s to the 1950s, Viva Bartali! is a biography-in-verse
of the iconic Italian cyclist Gino Bartali (1914-2000), two-time
winner of the Tour de France (1938, 1948), known both as 'Gino the
Pious' because of his fervent Catholic faith, and as Ginettaccio
('Gino the Terrible'), owing to the short shrift he so often gave
the Press. Conjuring Bartali at crux moments in his personal and
professional career, through joy and tragedy, defeat and victory,
the collection places us alongside the young rider proving his
mettle and adding to his palmares in the edgy atmosphere of
Mussolini's Fascist Italy, whose political ideology he loathed.
From amateur races to the professional one-day classics and on to
Tour de France glory, Bartali is seen alongside his fellow riders
as both vulnerable body and elite athlete; both cycling's hard man
and fond and bereaved father; both kneeling believer and climbing
god. The collection gives us an insight into the complex
relationship that underpinned his great rivalry with the
campionissimo ('champion of champions') Fausto Coppi - the 'man of
glass' against Bartali's 'man of iron'. It was a rivalry that a
divided a nation and defined a sport. We are with Bartali at the
1948 Tour de France when he takes a phone call from the Italian
prime minister, who asks him to do his part in diffusing a
political crisis that could have tipped over into violence. And we
witness his remarkable secret missions in the saddle as a courier
throughout Tuscany during World War 2, carrying forged identity
documents that helped save the lives of hundreds of Italian Jews.
It was a deed he never spoke about - one for which he was named
'Righteous Among the Nations' by Yad Vashem in 2013.
General
Imprint: |
Seren Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Damian Walford Davies
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Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
204 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78172-708-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-78172-708-2 |
Barcode: |
9781781727089 |
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