AUTHOR OF INTERSTATE,STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016; "Iberia" is Julian Sayarer's account of his impromptu journey across Portugal and Spain,from Lisbon towards Barcelona,undertaken during a pandemic on an old blue bicycle named Miles.; Finding himself in Lisbon amidst a pandemic,Julian Sayarer decides simply to ride. Through hazy landscapes and on baked roads,he pedals east. During long hours in the saddle,his thoughts traverse matters big and small - hopping from post-colonial culpability to the supremacy of an orange picked at the roadside; Across 900 miles of sun-drenched olive groves,vast mountainscapes,and dormant towns glimpsed through driving rain,Sayarer's journey is punctuated by fleeting,beautiful moments of human connection. Iberia is a celebration of a shared humanity and community found in a uniquely fragile time; Sayarer is a brilliantly thoughtful writer...One can't help thinking that the future of travel writing lies in this adventurous,post-modern genre - Sara Wheeler; Sayarer has made something of a specialism of reporting on the world from the roadside. - Daily Telegraph; On the Road for the Occupy Generation - Open Democracy; Sayarer's love of the open road and his ability to evoke the beauty of travelling by bike are a potent combination that makes you itch to go cycling - Cycling Active
Publisher: Fox,Finch & TepperISBN: 9780993046773Weight: 250 gDimensions: 198 x 132 x 14 mm
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