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Edinburgh: Canongate, 2005. First edition (unstated). Octavo in white DJ; xvi, 151 p; 21 cm. Very little wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, gentle rubbed fold to spine head & head fold & foot & foot fold, faint soiling to rear pastedown, else near fine(-) in very good DJ. Hardcover. ISBN: 1841957186

Contents: I want to tell the story again 1 -- Weight of the World 9 -- Heracles 27 -- Thought-Wasp 47 -- Three Golden Apples 63 -- No Way Out ... 77 -- But Through 85 -- Leaning on the Limits of Myself 95 -- Private Mars 101 -- Hero of the World 107 -- Woof! 121 -- Boundaries 129 -- Desire 135 -- I want to tell the story again 147. When I was asked to choose a myth to write about, I realized I had chosen already. The story of Atlas holding up the world was in my mind before the telephone call had ended. If the call had not come, perhaps I would never have written the story, but when the call did come, that story was waiting to be written. Rewritten. --WorldCat. Choice; Psychology; Greek mythology; Fiction.