The Secret of Superhuman Strength
by Alison Bechdel
Buy on AmazonTras nueve años de silencio, llega la obra de madurez de Alison Bechdel. Un libro emocionante y necesario. «De lo mejor que se ha publicado: una obra maestra del género.» Manuel Rodríguez Rivero, Babelia Durante toda su vida, Alison Bechdel ha buscado un secreto escurridizo. Ha rastreado en sus libros preferidos, en las vidas de sus ídolos, en el celibato, en el poliamor, en el activismo y en la terapia psicológica, pero sobre todo en su pasión casi obsesiva por hacer ejercicio: esquí, running, kárate, ciclismo, yoga… lo que fuera. Sin embargo, al hacerse mayor, el cuerpo ya no siempre le sigue, quizá porque el secreto más importante de todos no esté donde una espera.…
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"That touchingly human impulse is what the unclassifiable virtuoso of meaning Alison Bechdel explores in The Secret to Superhuman Strength ( public library ) — an uncommon beam of illumination, aimed at the depths of existence through the lens of the personal, that one and only lens we ever have on the universe."
Favorite Books of 2021 · themarginalian.org
"I’m among the weirdos who responded to the pandemic by upping my workouts, which made Alison Bechdel’s latest graphic novel feel unexpectedly timely. A lifelong fitness freak, who’s embraced everything from martial arts to mountaineering, Bechdel applies the same rigor to her analysis of her quest for a mind/body connection, which contains the sort of psychoanalytic layers, self-deprecating charm and ambitious complexities her fans have come to expect."
NPR Books We Love — 2021 · apps.npr.org
"captures the humility and wisdom that comes from inhabiting an aging body with great wit."
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