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Weight by Jeanette Winterson, part of the Canongate Myths collection along with Atwood's Penelopiad, is a deconstructed retelling of the myth of Atlas.

Weight by Jeanette Winterson, part of the Canongate Myths collection along with Atwood's Penelopiad, is a deconstructed retelling of the myth of Atlas. That sentence alone fails to capture the sweep of this slim little volume, or the depth to it. The book is really about the way we use narrative to construct ourselves and our identities. The two central characters of the book are Atlas, the titan monstrously strong enough to support the entire cosmos, and Heracles, the half-human half-divine hero who, in the course of his labors, shoulders Atlas' burden for awhile.

Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles. Her first short story collection exhibits the multitude of talents that have made English novelist Jeanette Winterson not just admired but beloved by her many fans

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With wit and verve, Jeanette Winterson brings Atlas into the twenty-first century. Simultaneously, she asks her own difficult questions about the nature of choice and coercion, and how we forge our own destiny. Visionary and inventive, yet completely believable and relevant to the questions we ask ourselves every day, Winterson's skill in turning the familiar on its head and showing us a different truth is once more put to dazzling effect.

When I was asked to choose a myth to write about, I realized I had chosen already. Weight moves far away from the simple story of Atlas's punishment and his temporary relief when Heracles takes the world off his shoulders. The story of Atlas holding up the world was in my mind before the telephone call had ended. I wanted to explore loneliness, isolation, responsibility, burden, and freedom, too, because my version has a very particular end not found elsewhere. См. также: Мифология.

The story of Atlas and Heracles Atlas knows how it feels to carry the weight of the world; but why, he asks himself, does it have to be carried at all? In Weight - visionary and inventive, yet completely believable and relevant t. .

The story of Atlas and Heracles Atlas knows how it feels to carry the weight of the world; but why, he asks himself, does it have to be carried at all? In Weight - visionary and inventive, yet completely believable and relevant to the questions we ask ourselves every day - Winterson’s skill in turning the familiar on its head to show us a different truth is put to stunning effect. When I was asked to choose a myth to write about, I realized I had chosen already. The story of Atlas and Heracles

Jeanette Winterson, from Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles.

Jeanette Winterson, from Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles. i’m having a really lovely day, thank you! i know a few modern myth books, but not reimagined in a contemporary setting if thats what you’re looking for? many are only very loosely based on myths or incorporate mythic/folkloric tales.

The gods once more are to blame, vilified for making war on Atlas and his fellow Titans. Characterising those brutish giants, Winterson has fun with their machismo: Heracles and Atlas compare erections - the former balances Africa on his stiff penis, which goes kangaroo (a piece of phallic slang new to me) to support the weight.

Read Weight, by Jeanette Winterson online on Bookmate – With wit and verve, the prize-winning author of Sexing the . Finally in paperback, Weight is a daring, seductive addition to Canongate’s ambitious series of myths by the world’s most acclaimed authors.

Read Weight, by Jeanette Winterson online on Bookmate – With wit and verve, the prize-winning author of Sexing the Cherry and Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit brings the mythical figure of Atlas int. To read this book, upload an EPUB or FB2 file to Bookmate.