{"product_id":"every-cripple-a-superhero-paperback","title":"Every Cripple a Superhero - Paperback","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\u003eChristoph Keller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating ... compelling ... very funny'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A defiant call to arms ... affecting ... lingers long in the memory after its final page'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A skilful act of literary witness, sharp, moving and funny' \u003c\/b\u003eJoanne Limburg\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Christoph Keller ... ranks among the great Swiss writers' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeue Zürcher Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost stories of disability follow a familiar pattern: \u003ci\u003eLife Before Accident. Life After Accident. \u003c\/i\u003eFor Christoph Keller, it was different: his childhood diagnosis with a form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy only revealed what had been with him since birth. SMA III, the 'kindest one', allows those who have it to live a long life, and it progresses slowly. There is no cure. By the age of 25, he had to use a wheelchair some of the time. 'There were two of me: \u003ci\u003eWalking Me. Rolling Me.\u003c\/i\u003e' By 32, he could still walk into a restaurant with a cane or on somebody's arm. At 45, 'Rolling Me' took over altogether. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntimate, absurdist and winningly frank, \u003ci\u003eEvery Cripple a Superhero \u003c\/i\u003eis at once a memoir of life with a progressive disorder, and a profound exploration of the challenges of loving, being loved, and living a public life - navigating restaurants, aeroplanes, museums and artists' retreats - in a world not designed for you. Threaded throughout are Keller's own photographs of the unexpected beauty found in puddle-filled 'curb cuts', the pavement ramps that, left to disintegrate, form part of the urban obstacle course. Those puddles become portals into a different, truer city; and, as they do, so this book - told with humour and immense grace - begins to uncover a truer world: one where the 'normal' is not normal, where disability is far more widespread than we might think, and where there always exist, just alongside our own, the lives of everyday superheroes.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Switzerland, \u003cb\u003e Christoph Keller\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, memoirist and editor. His books include the bestselling 2003 memoir-novel \u003ci\u003eDer beste Tänzer \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Best Dancer\u003c\/i\u003e) and 2019's \u003ci\u003eDer Boden unter den Füßen \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Ground Beneath Our Feet\u003c\/i\u003e; winner of the Alemannic Literature Prize). Based for many years in New York City, he now lives in St Gallen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.4 x 4.8 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 September 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53592398397747,"sku":"9781802060997","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/CKuj8yvCXe9781802060997.webp?v=1782878365","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/every-cripple-a-superhero-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}