What: Author Jeanette Winterson retells the myth of Atlas and Heracles. A tale of traps and bargains and freedom and trickery! The book is not very long, but it is smart, smart, depressing, and smart.
Comparable to: Weight is part of the The Myths --- a multi-country project of myths retold by critically fawned-over authors, including David Grossman, Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, and Michel Faber.
Opening lines: "The free man never thinks of escape."
Representative quote: "I am good at walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject."
Bonus representative quote: "What can I tell you about the choices we make? Fate reads like the polar opposite of decision, and so much of life reads like fate."
How to get it: You'll probably need to buy it used or get it from the library.
Connections to previous Wreckage: The Penelopiad, by Margaret Atwood, is also part of The Myths project. I recommended it during Personal Wreck Week (List #3). Also check out Jeanette Winterson's other (non-myth) books, including The Passion (Rec. #66).
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