· “Joe Mungo Reed’s unforgettable debut novel, We Begin Our Ascent, introduces us to a powerful new literary voice—as riveting as DeLillo’s or Morrison’s. On the surface, this is a book about doping in the Tour de France, but it’s really about marriage and masculinity, competition and loyalty, and a sense of aspiration that blooms a person open and simultaneously shuts him tight as a www.doorway.ru: Simon Schuster. We Begin Our Ascent dances nimbly between tragic and comic, exploring the cost of ambition and the question of what gives our lives meaning. Reed melds the powerful themes of great marital dramas like Revolutionary Road with the humor, character, and heart of a 4/5(3). We Begin Our Ascent dances nimbly between tragic and comic, exploring the cost of ambition and the question of what gives our lives meaning. Reed melds the powerful themes of great marital dramas like Revolutionary Road with the humor, character, and heart of a 4/5(3).
"Exceptional fast and smart, funny and sad, this is an outstanding sports novel, and Joe Mungo Reed is an author to watch" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Sol and Liz are a couple on the cusp. He's a professional cyclist in the Tour de France, a workhorse, but not yet a star. She's a geneticist o. WE BEGIN OUR ASCENT By Joe Mungo Reed pp. Simon Schuster. $ Bike-racing has produced some good writing in recent years, but almost all as nonfiction — memoir, biography, travel-writing. We Begin Our Ascent. By: Joe Mungo Reed. Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies. Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins. Unabridged Audiobook. Categories: Literature Fiction, Genre Fiction. out of 5 stars.
“Joe Mungo Reed’s unforgettable debut novel, We Begin Our Ascent, introduces us to a powerful new literary voice—as riveting as DeLillo’s or Morrison’s. On the surface, this is a book about doping in the Tour de France, but it’s really about marriage and masculinity, competition and loyalty, and a sense of aspiration that blooms a person open and simultaneously shuts him tight as a clamshell. We Begin Our Ascent dances nimbly between tragic and comic, exploring the cost of ambition and the question of what gives our lives meaning. Reed melds the powerful themes of great marital dramas like Revolutionary Road with the humor, character, and heart of a George Saunders collection. Joe Mungo Reed’s We Begin Our Ascent is a debut novel narrated by Sol, a professional cyclist. He tells two stories. The first is his current journey in the Tour de France. He is a member of a competitive team, but he rides in a supporting role.
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