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Weight : [the myth of Atlas and Heracles]

The Titan Atlas has led a failed rebellion against the gods of Olympus and is condemned to bear the weight of the earth and the heavens for eternity. Jeanette Winterson brings Atlas' story into the twenty-first century, with thorny questions about the nature of choice and coercion and about how we forge our own destiny.

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  • "Weight"@tr
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  • "Condemned to shoulder the world "for ever" by the gods he dared defy, freedom seems unattainable to Atlas. 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."
  • "The Titan Atlas has led a failed rebellion against the gods of Olympus and is condemned to bear the weight of the earth and the heavens for eternity. Jeanette Winterson brings Atlas' story into the twenty-first century, with thorny questions about the nature of choice and coercion and about how we forge our own destiny."@en
  • "When I was asked to choose a myth to write about, I realized I had chosen already. The story of Atlas holding up the world was in my mind before the telephone call had ended. If the call had not come, perhaps I would never have written the story, but when the call did come, that story was waiting to be written. Rewritten."@en
  • "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? And when you have eternity to ponder this question, the brief reprieve offered by Heracles - the only man strong enough to borrow the burden - can force you to demand an answer from the gods. But maybe the gods don't know the answer. Or maybe the right questions were never asked before . . . It's time the story was retold. With wit and verve, Jeanette Winterson brings Atlas into the space age, and sets him free at last. 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.--PBP."
  • "In Greek mythology, Atlas, a member of the original race of gods called Titans, is punished for leading a rebellion against the new deities, the Olympians. Atlas, guardian of the Garden of Hesperides and its golden apples of life, is forced to bear the weight of the heavens for eternity. When Heracles is tasked with stealing these apples he seeks out Atlas, offering to shoulder the world temporarily if the Titan will bring him the fruit. Knowing that Heracles is the only person with the strength to take his burden, Atlas agrees and an uneasy partnership is born. With her typical wit and verve, Jeanette Winterson brings Atlas into the 21st century. Visionary and inventive, Winterson's skill in turning the familiar on its head and showing us a different truth is once more put to dazzling effect."@en
  • "In Greek mythology, Atlas, a member of the original race of gods called Titans, is punished for leading a rebellion against the new deities, the Olympians. Atlas, guardian of the Garden of Hesperides and its golden apples of life, is forced to bear the weight of the heavens for eternity. When Heracles is tasked with stealing these apples he seeks out Atlas, offering to shoulder the world temporarily if the Titan will bring him the fruit. Knowing that Heracles is the only person with the strength to take his burden, Atlas agrees and an uneasy partnership is born."@en
  • ""In ancient Greek mythology, Atlas, a member of the original race of gods called Titans, leads a rebellion against the new deities, the Olympians. For this he incurs divine wrath: the victorious Olympians force Atlas, guardian of the Garden of Hesperides and its golden apples of life, to bear the weight of the earth and the heavens for eternity. When the hero Heracles is tasked with stealing these apples, as one of his famous twelve labours, he seeks out Atlas, offering to shoulder the world temporarily if the Titan will bring him the fruit. Knowing that Heracles is the only person with the strength to take his burden, and enticed by the prospect of even a short-lived freedom. Atlas agrees and an uneasy partnership is born." -- Book jacket."

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  • "Fiction"@tr
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Fantasy fiction"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"

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  • "La Carga"
  • "Atlas'ın yükü"@tr
  • "Zwaarte : de mythe van Atlas en Herakles"
  • "Muge : At'ŭllasŭ wa Herak'ŭllesŭ : Jaenit Wint'ŏsŭn changp'yŏn sosŏl"
  • "Weight : [the myth of Atlas and Heracles]"@en
  • "Weight : [the @myth of Atlas and Heracles]"
  • "Atlas'ın yükü : mitoloji"@tr
  • "Die Last der Welt : der Mythos von Atlas und Herkules"
  • "Weight"
  • "Weight"@en
  • "Die Last der Welt der Mythos von Atlas und Herkules"
  • "Weight : the myth of Atlas and Heracles"
  • "Tyngd : myten om Atlas och Herakles"@sv
  • "Weight the Myth of Atlas & Heracles"@en
  • "La carga"@es
  • "La carga"
  • "Brzemię"@pl
  • "무게 : 아틀라스와헤라클레스 : 재닛윈터슨장편소설"
  • "Maśa : ha-mitos shel Aṭlas ṿe-Herḳules"
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "משא : המיתוס של אטלס והרקולס"

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