{"product_id":"secret-to-superhuman-strength-by-alison-bechdel","title":"Secret To Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of\u003cem\u003eFun Home\u003c\/em\u003e, aprofoundlyaffectinggraphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair withexercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eComics and culturalsuperstarAlison Bechdel delivers a deeplylayered 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 throughan ever-evolving panoply of running shoes, bicycles, skis, and sundry other gear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the more Bechdel tries to improve herself, the more her self appears to be the thing in her way. She turns for enlightenment to Easternphilosophersand literary figures, including Beat writer Jack Kerouac, whose search for self-transcendence in the great outdoors appears in moving conversation with the authors own. This gifted artist and not-getting-any-younger exerciser comes to a soulful conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Prismatic Pages","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51802861568311,"sku":"11511","price":289.0,"currency_code":"NOK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/3097\/1447\/files\/The-secret-to-superhuman-strength-_d838fe4439690d1abe7fc96c5a133022.jpg?v=1774002978","url":"https:\/\/shop.prismaticpages.com\/products\/secret-to-superhuman-strength-by-alison-bechdel","provider":"Prismatic Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}