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Jeanette Winterson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

168 Seiten

2005 | Export
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-84195-724-1 (ISBN)

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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 to bear the weight of the earth and the heavens for eternity. This volume is a part of "The Myths" series.

Canongate Books, together with thirty great international publishing houses, is proud to announce a new series - "The Myths". It is backed by an international marketing and PR campaign. The national media partner is already lined up in the UK. Jeanette Winterson will be touring the UK. 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, as one of his famous twelve labours, 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 this burden, and enticed by the prospect of even a short-lived freedom, Atlas agrees and an uneasy partnership is born. With her typical wit and verve, Jeanette Winterson brings Atlas into the twenty-first century.
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 our lives today, Winterson's skill in turning the familiar on its head and showing us a different truth is once more put to dazzling effect.

JEANETTE WINTERSON'S first novel, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit won the Whitbread prize for Best First Novel. Since then she has published seven other novels, including The Passion, Written on the Body and The Powerbook, a collection of short stories, The World and Other Place: A Book of Essays, Art Objects and most recently a children's picture book, The King of Capri. She has adapted her work for TV, film and stage. Her books are published in 32 countries. She lives in Oxfordshire and London.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.10.2005
Reihe/Serie	Myths
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
Schlagworte	Atlas (Mythische Gestalt) • Herakles
ISBN-10	1-84195-724-0 / 1841957240
ISBN-13	978-1-84195-724-1 / 9781841957241
Zustand	Neuware