{"product_id":"the-secret-to-superhuman-strength-hardcover-1","title":"The Secret to Superhuman Strength - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlison Bechdel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlison Bechdel\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Best Graphic Book of 2021 by \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/em\u003e A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best Graphic Novel of 2021 A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book An Autostraddle Best Queer Book of the Year A \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year A \u003cem\u003eSt. Louis Post Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year NPR, 12 Books NPR Staffers Loved \u003cem\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/em\u003e Best Books of 2021 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eFun Home\u003c\/em\u003e, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eComics and cultural superstar Alison Bechdel delivers a deeply layered story of her fascination, from childhood to adulthood, with every fitness craze to come down the pike: from Jack LaLanne in the 60s (\"Outlandish jumpsuit! Cantaloupe-sized guns!\") to the existential oddness of present-day spin class. Readers will see their athletic or semi-active pasts flash before their eyes through an ever-evolving panoply of running shoes, bicycles, skis, and sundry other gear. But the more Bechdel tries to improve herself, the more her self appears to be the thing in her way. She turns for enlightenment to Eastern philosophers and literary figures, including Beat writer Jack Kerouac, whose search for self-transcendence in the great outdoors appears in moving conversation with the author's own. This gifted artist and not-getting-any-younger exerciser comes to a soulful conclusion. The secret to superhuman strength lies not in six-pack abs, but in something much less clearly defined: facing her own non-transcendent but all-important interdependence with others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA heartrendingly comic chronicle for our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eALISON BECHDEL's cult following for her comic strip \u003ci\u003eDykes to Watch Out For\u003c\/i\u003e expanded wildly for her best-selling memoirs, \u003ci\u003eFun Home\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted into a Tony Award-winning musical, and \u003ci\u003eAre You My Mother?\u003c\/i\u003e Her many honors include being named a MacArthur Fellow and Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 10.1 x 7.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52457011740979,"sku":"9780544387652","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Y1R6a0Q5d045S241TllmRVUvTGZ6QT09_e99e1539-3a76-4a03-bd9a-a48bed7e30f4.webp?v=1759164968","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-secret-to-superhuman-strength-hardcover-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}