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Weight | Jeanette Winterson
12 posts | 27 read | 14 to read
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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Itchyfeetreader
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Mehso-so

I apparently bought this in 2014 so it‘s taken a while for me to get to it but thought it would be my ancient option for #booked22 I am. It going to lie this is an odd little book. Beautiful lyrical story telling and language but perhaps a little too out there are literary for me. I am a tad confused by the ending !

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GatheringBooks
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#QuotsyMay19 Day 3: #Rejection begets #rejection apparently. I have read a few Winterson novels, but not this one yet.

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ReadingEnvy
Weight | Jeanette Winterson
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Mehso-so

Not even one of my favorite authors could connect me to this myth. The side character I did feel interested in? Hera.

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Mrs_G
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Pickpick

Thought provoking and philosophical. A re-writing of a popular myth from a modern perspective. How much do we understand of the world around us and its infinite possibilities? How far are we constrained by the worlds we create in our minds and their imagined boundaries?

"We are in the gravitational pull of past and future. It takes huge energy - speed of light power - to break that gravitational pull." Jeanette Winterson

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Welcome to Litsy 👍📚 6y
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Mrs_G
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"Where am I in the world I have made?"

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Jabberwocky
Weight | Jeanette Winterson
Pickpick

Between a pick and a so-so for me. I love and have always loved Winterson‘s prose and I think she did a great job balancing crass and elegance in this myth. I liked her interpretation of Atlas‘s thought process and I found her handling of Heracles‘s character really quite hilarious. #myth #retelling

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Jabberwocky
Weight | Jeanette Winterson
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I‘m glad it‘s finally warm enough to walk home from work, here‘s hoping I can finish this off tonight ♥️ #bookwalk

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Jabberwocky @mrozzz hey that‘s my line! 😘 Thank you! 7y
mrozzz 😉 7y
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Jabberwocky
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I love retellings of mythology, and I love legends. I think stories like these are crucial to our understanding of our humanness. I think that if we allow myth to languish in the ancient past and in ancient words we lose that understanding. Also Winterson‘s prose is the perfect match for Atlas‘s story. #mythology #myth

lyradora Agree with you completely. Myths will always be relevant. 7y
Lindy @lyradora Ditto. 👯‍♂️👍 7y
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Jabberwocky
Weight | Jeanette Winterson
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So we are set to get 10-30 cm of snow in the next day or two 😲. Therefore I am hibernating this morning and starting this book. (I‘m still working on the Vandermeer, but left it in the car last night and will not be trudging out to get it). #dogsoflitsy #spousesoflitsy

Sophoclessweetheart Stay safe and enjoy your snow x 7y
AmyG Oy it‘s enough already! 7y
CoverToCoverGirl We‘re all set for a barrage of freezing rain 😕 7y
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Moray_Reads
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Pickpick

Swinging from provocatively crude to punch-to-the-gut lyrical, both cosmic and personal. In other words, pure Winterson in miniature.
And that's me, fellow readathon-ers, clocking out at 24 hours and seven books. It's been amazing, well done to everyone who's finished and good luck to those still powering through. You can do it! ✊✊✊#24in48 @24in48

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Moray_Reads
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I might regret going for another Greek retelling hot on the heels (pun totally unintended) of The Song of Achilles but it's Jeanette Winterson and she's already killing it on the first page #24in48

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DianeC
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The free man never thinks of escape.

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