LAND OF SECOND CHANCES: THE IMPOSSIBLE RISE OF RWANDA’ S CYCLING TEAM
Book ID/图书代码： 11320013B65209
English Summary/英文概要： Where there is hope there can be redemption. Meet Adrien Niyonshuti, a member of the Rwandan cycling team. Adrien was seven years old when he lost his family in the 1994 genocide that tore Rwanda apart. Almost twenty years later he has a shot at representing his country at the Olympics. Meet Jock Boyer, the coach of Team Rwanda. One of the top American cyclists of all time, Jock recognises the innate talent for endurance that the Rwandans possess. A man with a dark past, Jock is in need of a second chance. Meet Tom Ritchey, the visionary inventor of the mountain bike and the U.S. money man looking to recover from a profound personal crisis. In The Land of Second Chances, Tim Lewis charts the incredible true story of the Rwandan cycling team as they overcome impossible odds to inspire a nation.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 哪里有希望，哪里就有救赎。让我们见见Adrien Niyonshuti吧，他是卢旺达自行车队的一员。1994年，卢旺达发生了惨绝人寰的种族灭绝大屠杀，在那场浩劫中，他失去了家人，那个时候，他只有7岁。大约20年后，他成为了一名运动员，将代表国家参加奥林匹克运动会。让我们见见自行车队的教练Jock Boyer吧，他一直都是美国最棒的自行车手之一，在与卢旺达人的长期交往中，发现了卢旺达人身上所拥有的一种与生俱来的坚忍。一个有着一段不为人知过去的男人，Jock真是获得了二次重生的机会。让我们再见见Tom Ritchey吧，今年51岁的他曾是美国加州北部的自行车品牌老板，第一次来到卢旺达是2005年，按照他的说法是因为“中年危机”。年轻的时候他是著名的自行车运动员，退役之后设计了很多山地自行车的创新设计，例如超轻车架，后来创办了自己的品牌，生产高质量的比赛用自行车和相关配件。来到卢旺达后，他被山地上随处可见的木制自行车完全吸引，这里没有一辆自行车是完全一样的，他彻底被其设计和创意折服：刹车是手刹，利用的是从旧汽车轮胎上取下的严重磨损的轮胎皮；金属轴承是从汽车上取下来的；反光镜利用两个磨亮的罐头盖子——这简直就是创意机械设计，而他很自然想到利用这些自行车举行一次比赛。在这本书中，作者TIM LEWIS为我们讲述了卢旺达自行车队所经历的一系列令人难以置信的真实故事。他们超越了自我，克服了令常人无法想象的困难，创造了自行车界的奇迹，为整个国家带来了希望，激励人们为自己的梦想而奋斗。(Susie)
Awards/获奖情况：“这是一本引人入胜的书，作者为我们展现了卢旺达人民不为人知的另一面。”——《观察者》"Fascinating... not a typical rags to riches, triumph against adversity tale... Lewis does a fine job of unpicking a tangled narrative" (Observer)
"A remarkable story... attempts to import the Lycra-clad, precision-engineered world of the Tour de France into rural Africa form the heart of this absorbing book...Team Rwanda’s story could have been edited into an uplifting tale of unlikely success, with Niynoshuti’s Olympic appearance as the rousing finale. Instead this is a more complicated, darker, account." (Financial Times)
"A century after the Race for Africa ended, a century after Imperial Europe carved up Africa into colonial enclaves, the race is on to find Africa’s first black world-class cyclist. Land of Second Chances is an important chronicle of just some of the early stages of that race. It’s not just a book about what has happened in the past, it’s a book about what is just around the corner for cycling as the long, slow project of mondialisation approaches another milestone. If being a fantastic read isn’t enough for you then that ought be a good reason to read Lewis’s book" (Podium Cafe)
About the Author/作者介绍： TIM LEWIS是《观察者》的特约撰稿人，之前曾担任过编辑。在他成为英国最权威的体育杂志——《观察者体育月刊》的编辑之前，他也是《时尚先生》杂志的副主编。他经常为《卫报》和《观察者》撰写自行车运动方面的文章，包括为2010年的“环法自行车赛”撰写每天的纪实报告。TIM LEWIS is is a writer for Observer Magazine, having formerly been its editor. Prior to that he edited Observer Sport Monthly, Britain’s most prestigious sports magazine and the Independent on Sunday’s Sunday Review. He was also deputy editor of Esquire magazine. He has written regularly on cycling for both the Guardian and the Observer, including daily reports from the 2010 Tour de France, and on other subjects for GQ, where he is contributing editor.
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