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Description
In Bench Press, Sven Lindqvist intersperses the story of his own toils in the gym with the history of bodybuilding. Quoting from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, Lindqvist muses on what bodybuilding's increasing popularity says about contemporary society. Bench Press is... read more
First Sentence
During my bench presses today, I saw before me with great clarity the top of a new-born infant's head, that fragile part known as the fontanelle, 'the little fount', which is the very source of life, where humanity lies bare and defenceless, engendering infinite tenderness.
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- Sven Lindqvist (Author)
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