Viva Bartali!

Viva Bartali!

Paperback (17 Jul 2023)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Inspired by the lyrical, mythic mode of Italian sports journalism from the 1930s to the 1950s, Viva Bartali! is a biography-in-verse of the iconic Italian cyclist Gino Bartali (1914-2000), two-time winner of the Tour de France (1938, 1948), known both as 'Gino the Pious' because of his fervent Catholic faith, and as Ginettaccio ('Gino the Terrible'), owing to the short shrift he so often gave the Press.

The collection gives us an insight into the complex relationship that underpinned his great rivalry with the campionissimo ('champion of champions') Fausto Coppi - the 'man of glass' against Bartali's 'man of iron'. It was a rivalry that a divided a nation and defined a sport.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781781727089
Publisher: Seren
Imprint: Seren
Pub date:
DEWEY: 821.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: 120g
Height: 138mm
Width: 216mm
Spine width: 9mm