Exercise as a spiritual journey to self-discovery.
This book could be a good read for those seeking inspiration in their fitness journey. Alison Bechdel takes readers on a hilarious and deeply reflective exploration of her lifelong love affair with exercise. Through her personal experiences and encounters with various fitness fads, she unveils the deeper meaning behind the pursuit of physical strength. It's a heartwarming and thought-provoking memoir that reminds us that true power lies in our interdependence with others, rather than in six-pack abs.
ISBN: 9780544387652
Authors:
Alison Bechdel
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date of Publication: 2021-05-04
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections:
Biographies & Memoirs
Goodreads rating: 4.16
(rated by 9906 readers)
Description
From the author of Fun Home, a profound graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times Comics 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. A heartrendingly comic chronicle for our times.
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