false 15046 1841957186 9781841957180 751 110 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166669774m/15046.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15046.Weight_The_Myth_of_Atlas_and_Heracles 9399 Jeanette Winterson 23944 2233 3 0 false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 18:48:24 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 14:37:36 -0700 2009 1.5 The Penelopiad, and started to read it then, but put it down halfway. (I almost never do that!)

This time around I liked it perfectly ok. It is kind of rambly, but often pretty. Eventually I took away one whole star for all the times I had to read about Heracles's erections. No thank you. Then, I got to the chapter "Leaning on the Limits of Myself," a tiny 4-page section in the middle, and I put the star back. That chapter is extraordinary. I didn't expect the framing story to be a contemporary narration, and a vastly emotional one. I read it several times. The rest of the book does not compare.

(Then I took the star back again because, you know, even more of Heracles's erections. But still.)

I didn't really understand her idea of Atlas leaving at the end, but of course, I liked the dog.]]>