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Wysłany: Czw 9:57, 05 Maj 2011 Temat postu: Ten altitude motorbikes in literature identified |
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orbike dealers may be interested in a Guardian treatise written by John Mullan in which he identifies ten of the best motorcycles in literature.,Smartphones, The Reason Why You Should Get One,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
He starts by saying Setting Free the Bears by John Irving. Written in the 1960s, the book functions the characters Hannes and Siggy, who set out on a tour of Austria on a 700cc Royal Enfield motorcycle.
Then comes Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M Pirsig. According to Mr Mullan,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], "whatsoever you define this once-cult classical,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], no literary motorbiking col could disregard it".
He notes that the narrator of the book introduces his audience to the cardinal schools of western philosophy through metaphors from motorbike parts and mechanics. This is done meantime he is travelling cross the US with his son on the back of his bike.
Meanwhile, a mention also goes out to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling.
Although motorbike dealers may not initially associate the writing with their favoured mode of transport, Mr Mullan points out namely in the 1st part, such two-wheeled devices activity a role.
Hagrid enters on a flying motorbike with a sidecar and rescues Harry from Voldemort. Also, in the final book of the sequence, Hagrid crashes and destroys the magical traffic - meaning the persona may have been left in absence of motorbike parts to get it up and running anew.
Mr Mullan too mentions Captain Corelli's Mandolin at Louis de Bernieres, stating: "A motorbike can be mythological. So it is because benign occupier Captain Antonio Corelli, who squires the beauteous Pelagia around the isle of Cephalonia aboard a motorcycle (while not playing the mandolin). Years after,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the elderly Corelli returns apt woo her - on a motorbike."
Those who want to look motorbikes in deed from this book can see the 2001 version of a membrane based on the literary attempting starring the likes of Penelope Cruz.
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