A round-the-world bicycle tour with one of the most original artists of our day. Urban
bicycling has become more popular than ever as recession- strapped climate-conscious city
dwellers reinvent basic transportation. In this wide-ranging memoir artist musician David
Byrne-who has relied on a bike to get around New York City since the early 1980s-relates his
adventures as he pedals through an engages with some of the world's major cities. From Buenos
Aires to Berlin he meets a range of people both famous and ordinary shares his thoughts on
art fashion music globalization and the ways that many places are becoming more
bike-friendly. Bicycle Diaries is an adventure on two wheels conveyed with humor curiosity
and humanity.
