Man Who Rode His Ten Speed Bicycle to the Moon

by Bernard Fischman

Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition Hardcover. Name and date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked green cloth boards, very slight yellowing to edges of boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing and traces of storage. 97pp. Fantasy novel about a man's journey from the doldrums of career and marriage to a splendid autonomy as he rediscovers himself. ISBN 0340239689

192 pages, Hardcover

Published July 1, 1979

Reviews

[Starla]

This book was a very short read, but made very little sense. It felt like the author was hoping to prompt readers into finding a deeper meaning within the story without there really being one. To the authors credit, there may be a deeper meaning and I simply missed out on finding it. I think uncovering the truth to that would require another read through of the book.

[Janessa Sawatzky]

I picked this book up from an antique book store that was going out of business (5$/ box) not expecting much, lured in by the beautiful blue lining and art. I read it today at the spa, not knowing much about it to start but needing something to pass the time and relax.

I think I found this book by fate, it was exactly what I needed when I needed it. As someone who has recently felt a lot of loneliness, a lot of grief, a lot of want to escape; it was incredible. It's very short, just a snippet of an entire life, but you feel you really know the main character by the end. You've grown with him, you've seen him evolve, and maybe learnt a little about yourself along the way.

Definitely worth a read, I truly think it changed me.

[Misha]

i I am sure I read this book right after I bought it, years and years ago. But I seem to have completely forgotten the story in the meantime. It is a story of day to day life in a big city. It is a tale of close friendships that last a lifetime (if but a doggy lifetime), and of others that suddenly flash into existance and as suddenly fizzle away. For some people, a bicycle can provide such freedom it becomes a doorway to fantastic adventures such as a trip to the moon (or somewhere like that).

[Savannah Love]

Read this for book club, and it was a cute little quick read. Under 100 pages so I read it in one sitting. Definitely FULL of lots of symbolism to the point where I was sometimes kinda lost, but I enjoyed the story overall.