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Description

Condemned to shoulder the world forever by the gods he dared defy, freedom seems unattainable to Atlas. But then he receives an unexpected visit from Heracles, the one man strong enough to share the burden . . .

Jeanette Winterson's retelling of the myth of Atlas and Heracles asks difficult and eternal questions about the nature of choice and coercion. Visionary and inventive, Weight turns the familiar on its head to show us ourselves in a new light.

The Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, David Grossman, Natsuo Kirino, Alexander McCall Smith, Philip Pullman, Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.

Product Details

PublisherCanongate Books
Publish DateFebruary 22, 2022
Pages176
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781786892492
Dimensions7.6 X 5.0 X 0.5 inches | 0.3 pounds

About the Author

Jeanette Winterson was born in Manchester and read English at Oxford, during which time she wrote her first novel, the Whitbread award winning Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. Since then she has published many other novels - including The Passion, Sexing the Cherry, Written on the Body, The PowerBook and The Daylight Gate - a collection of short stories, a book of essays, books for children and a memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. She has adapted her work for TV, film and stage, was awarded an OBE in 2006 and a CBE in 2018 for services to literature. Her books are published in 32 countries.@Wintersonworld jeanettewinterson.com

Reviews

Weight is a masterpiece . . . Rewrites and reconfirms what fiction is, was, and might become-- "Scotland on Sunday"
A masterpiece-- "Scotland on Sunday"
A touching meditation on the difficult journey to self-knowledge, and also extremely funny, communicating verve and wit-- "Guardian"
Alternatively earthy and mythopoetic, funny, meditative and personal . . . Winterson artfully illustrates the interplay of free will and destiny, desire and responsibility-- "Independent on Sunday"
Inspired by a Titan, [Winterson] begins appropriately on a titanic scale . . . bringing her musings home to the human scale-- "Sunday Times"
Playful, expansive and full of heart-- "The Times"
Profound and provocative-- "Daily Mail"
Transcendent . . . It's not the weight of her intellect that strikes you but its lightness, an unembarrassed vigour that seems to lead it along a tightrope of sanity-- "Herald"
Winterson's embrace of the mythic landscape is evident in her rich imagery . . . Dazzling-- "New York Times"
Winterson's precise prose explores issues of loneliness, responsibility and freedom with clarity and vision, offering the gift of seeing things afresh-- "The Good Book Guide"

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