Weight. The Myth of Atlas and Heracles.
Edinburgh: Canongate, 2005. [Mythological Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 151 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Myra | Jeanette Winterson.' Publisher's black paper over boards, with grey titles to spine, a grey device to upper, and black patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Marion Deuchars, priced at £12.00 A fine, as-new copy. A fictional retelling of the episode in Ancient Greek myth in which Heracles temporarily shoulders the weight of the World while the Titan Atlas brings him some of the Golden Apples of Life. Item #61829
Price: £30.00
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