num_pages: 151
description: Atlas knows how it feels to carry the weight of the world, but why, he asks himself, does it have to be carried at all? And when you have eternity to ponder this question, the brief reprieve offered by Heracles - the only man strong enough to borrow the burden - can force you to demand an answer from the Gods.
language: English
title: Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
titlecomplete: Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
characters: Atlas, Heracles, Hera (mythology)
genres: Fiction, Greek Mythology, Retellings, Literature, Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Mythology, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 7033
publisher: Canongate Books Ltd