A book like no other, Paul Fournel's "Need for the Bike" conducts
readers into a very personal world of communication and connection
whose center is the bicycle, and where all people and things pass
by way of the bike. In compact and suggestive prose, Fournel
conveys the experience of cycling--from the initial charm of early
outings to the dramas of the devoted cyclist. An extended
meditation on cycling as a practice of life, the book recalls a
country doctor who will not anesthetize the young Fournel after he
impales himself on a downtube shifter, speculates about the
difference between animals that would like to ride bikes (dogs, for
instance) and those that would prefer to watch (cows, marmots), and
reflects on the fundamental absurdity of turning over the pedals
mile after excruciating mile. At the same time, Fournel captures
the sound, smell, feel, and language of the reality and history of
cycling, in the mountains, in the city, escaping the city, in
groups, alone, suffering, exhausted, exhilarated. In his attention
to the pleasures of cycling, to the specific "grain" of different
cycling experiences, and to the inscription of these experiences in
the body's cycling memory, Fournel portrays cycling as a
descriptive universe, colorful, lyrical, inclusive, exclusive,
complete.
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