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- Author
- Jeanette Winterson
- Narrator
- Dick Hill, Susie Breck
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 8 June 2012
- Run Time
- 2 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
But then he receives an unexpected visit from Heracles, the one man strong enough to share the burden, and it seems they can strike a bargain that might release him ...
Jeanette Winterson asks difficult questions about the nature of choice and coercion in her dazzling retelling of the myth of Atlas and Heracles.
Visionary and inventive, believable and intimate, Weight turns the familiar on its head to show us ourselves in a new light.
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Details
- Author
- Jeanette Winterson
- Narrator
- Dick Hill, Susie Breck
- Duration
- 2 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 June 2012
- ISBN
- 9780857865694
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Folklore studies / Study of myth
Synopsis
Condemned to shoulder the world "for ever" 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, and it seems they can strike a bargain that might release him ...Jeanette Winterson asks difficult questions about the nature of choice and coercion in her dazzling retelling of the myth of Atlas and Heracles.Visionary and inventive, believable and intimate, Weight turns the familiar on its head to show us ourselves in a new light.
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