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What is Bicycle Diaries about?

EDITORIAL REVIEW:**A renowned musician and visual artist presents an idiosyncratic behind-thehandlebars view of the world's cities**Since the early 1980s, David Byrne has been riding a bike as his principal means of transportation in New York City. Two decades ago, he discovered folding bikes and started taking them on tour. Byrne's choice was made out of convenience rather than political motivation, but the more cities he saw from his bicycle, the more he became hooked on this mode of transport and the sense of liberation it provided. Convinced that urban biking opens one's eyes to the inner workings and rhythms of a city's geography and population, Byrne began keeping a journal of his observations and insights.An account of what he sees and whom he meets as he pedals through metropoles from Berlin to Buenos Aires, Istanbul to San Francisco, Manila to New York, *Bicycle Diaries* also records Byrne's thoughts on world music, urban planning, fashion, architecture, cultural dislocation, and much more, all conveyed with a highly personal mixture of humor, curiosity, and humility. Part travelogue, part journal, part photo album, *Bicycle Diaries* is an eye-opening celebration of seeing

Who reads Bicycle Diaries?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
David Byrne
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9780670021147
Category
travel
Subjects
Sports, Anthropology, Fiction
Rating
3.46 / 5 (3,958 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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