Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles The Myths Paperback 1841957992 9781841957999 Jeanette Winterson

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As an avid reader, one thing I seem to gravitate to are re-tellings of well-known stories by authors. Something about a different take on the story, possibly challenging my own likes or dislikes about the original tale, has always appealed to me, and is probably why I'm such a fan of the "Wicked"...

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Jeanette Winterson's novella Weight is both a retelling of Greek myths involving Atlas and Heracles and a meditation on the real and metaphoric burdens human beings must bear throughout their lives. Atlas, punished for fighting against the Olympian gods, must hold up the Kosmos for eternity. But ...

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Wonderful re-telling of the myth of Atlas who led the Titans in their war against the Olympians and whose punishment from Zeus was to hold up the world. The stories of Heracles, Hera, and Prometheus as well as science and humanity intertwine in this modern, lyrical re-telling of Atlas's life. Hig...

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Every word is the best one, every page is my favorite, every idea is the best I've ever heard. This is my favorite novel of all time - and she only wrote it last year. "I want to tell the story again." That's how Winterson opens her astonishing interpretation of the myth of Atlas and Hercules. Al...

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Weight casts Heracles and Atlas as foils to one another, complete opposites in how they approach problems. Heracles is a libertine, who literally pounds thoughts out of his head as infrequently as he has any, and whose main goal in life is to have sex with many women and kill many creatures (incl...