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VentouxBert Wagendorp

Ventoux

2015294 pages
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3 editions · 3 languages

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"A heartwarming novel on friendship, romance, intrigue, and treachery. And cycling. During the summer of 1982, a group of friends--five boys and one girl-- travel to French Provence to climb the legendary Mont Ventoux on their bicycles. A tragic accident claims the life of one of them, the promising young poet Peter. Thirty years later, the old friends return to conquer the mountain and the demons of their past. Ventoux is both a hilarious and insightful portrait of a generation and a stunningly accurate depiction of male friendship. While cycling aficionados will delight in recognizing the…

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Editions

3 editions · 3 languages
  • Other · English · 2019
    World Editions LLC · 300 pages · 9781642860177
  • Hardcover · German · 2016
    btb Verlag · 9783442754755
  • Other · Dutch · 2015
    World International Publishing · 288 pages · 9789462380554
AccidentsFictionGuiltMountain bikingFiction, coming of ageFrance, fictionDutch fictionTranslations into English