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In one of the last remaining jungles in Singapore, an old bicycle is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Its discovery brings the elderly Lim Ah Cheng back to a time when he rode with his life on the line…Meticulously researched by the creator of Singapore’s first daily comic strip The House of Lim, cartoonist Cheah Sinann, The Bicycle tells the tale of Toshiro Iwakura, an aristocratic, battle-hardened private haunted by his desire to cycle in the Olympics, and five-year-old street urchin Ah Cheng, who dreams of nothing more than learning how to ride a bike. Their paths cross during the Japanese Occupation, when a unique bond formed over two wheels is quickly put to a life-or-death test.
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The Bicycle, Cheah Sinann
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2014
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
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- Tytuł
- The Bicycle
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Cheah Sinann
- Wydawca
- Epigram Books
- Rok wydania
- 2014
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 100
- ISBN10
- 9814615501
- ISBN13
- 9789814615501
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Przyroda, Przygodowe, Sport, Przyjaźń
- Ocena
- 3,8 z 5
- Opis
- In one of the last remaining jungles in Singapore, an old bicycle is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Its discovery brings the elderly Lim Ah Cheng back to a time when he rode with his life on the line…Meticulously researched by the creator of Singapore’s first daily comic strip The House of Lim, cartoonist Cheah Sinann, The Bicycle tells the tale of Toshiro Iwakura, an aristocratic, battle-hardened private haunted by his desire to cycle in the Olympics, and five-year-old street urchin Ah Cheng, who dreams of nothing more than learning how to ride a bike. Their paths cross during the Japanese Occupation, when a unique bond formed over two wheels is quickly put to a life-or-death test.