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.