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Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier: 2016
Jon Day
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Description for Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier: 2016
Paperback. Cyclogeography lifts the lid on the hidden world of Cycle Couriers, the 'solitary creatures of the underworld' Includes interviews with Iain Sinclair, Paul Fournel and Richard Long Lyrical essay in the great tradition of psychogeographers Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; BM; DNF; HBTB; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
Cyclogeography is an essay about the bicycle in the cultural imagination and a portrait of London seen from the saddle. Informed by his years spent as a bicycle courier, Jon Day reflects on the way bicycles connect people with places. Parasitic on the city, couriers have an intimate knowledge of London, and for those who survive the grinding toughness of the job the bicycle can become the only thing holding them together.
Cyclogeography is an essay about the bicycle in the cultural imagination and a portrait of London seen from the saddle. Informed by his years spent as a bicycle courier, Jon Day reflects on the way bicycles connect people with places. Parasitic on the city, couriers have an intimate knowledge of London, and for those who survive the grinding toughness of the job the bicycle can become the only thing holding them together.
Product Details
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910749272
SKU
V9781910749272
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Ref
99-50
About Jon Day
Jon Day is a writer, academic and cyclist. He worked as a bicycle courier in London for several years, and is now a lecturer in English Literature at King's College London
Reviews for Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier: 2016
A bold and clever book about the zone where capital and cycling collide. It fascinated me from first page to last; Robert Macfarlane; Cyclogeography's magic lies in the quality of the prose and Day's skill in looping together disparate threads in a way that feels natural. John Sunyer The Financial Times; Armchair cycling turns out to be an exquisitely indolent ... Read more