Synopsis
Her father left her on a hillside to die because she was not a son. A bear found her. The forest raised her. She came to the world of men already faster than all of them, already formed by a place that asked only that you be what you were. When her father found her again, he said: you will marry. She said: race me. If you win, I am yours. If I win, you die. No man won. Until Hippomenes came to the racecourse - not to race, but to watch. To understand. To ask the question no one else had thought to ask: why did she make the rule? Not what the rule was. Why. What was it protecting? What was the race keeping out? He watched three men die and he understood. Then he went to Aphrodite and asked for three golden apples, and he placed them in the race not as a trap but as a question - in the specific places that only a person who had truly paid attention to Atalanta would know to put them. She stopped for all three. Atalanta is told in two voices - hers and his - moving through the full arc of her life: the forest, the Argonauts, the race, and the lions. It is the story of a woman who outran everything the world threw at her and chose, finally, to stop - not because she was caught, not because she was tricked, but because someone had thought about her carefully enough to know where she would go. Not owned. Known. That was the difference.
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À propos de l'auteur
[Ioakim] spent years researching and imagining a
world on the brink. When not writing, they can be
found exploring forgotten archives, debating
current events, or dreaming up the next big story.
He live "in a quiet town near the sea with his family
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Her father left her on a hillside to die because she was not a son. A bear found her. The forest raised her. She came to the world of men already faster than all of them, already formed by a place that asked only that you be what you were.When her father found her again, he said: you will marry. She said: race me. If you win, I am yours. If I win, you die.No man won.Until Hippomenes came to the racecourse - not to race, but to watch. To understand. To ask the question no one else had thought to ask: why did she make the rule? Not what the rule was. Why. What was it protecting? What was the race keeping out?He watched three men die and he understood. Then he went to Aphrodite and asked for three golden apples, and he placed them in the race not as a trap but as a question - in the specific places that only a person who had truly paid attention to Atalanta would know to put them.She stopped for all three.Atalanta is told in two voices - hers and his - moving through the full arc of her life: the forest, the Argonauts, the race, and the lions. It is the story of a woman who outran everything the world threw at her and chose, finally, to stop - not because she was caught, not because she was tricked, but because someone had thought about her carefully enough to know where she would go.Not owned. Known.That was the difference. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798235796997
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Her father left her on a hillside to die because she was not a son. A bear found her. The forest raised her. She came to the world of men already faster than all of them, already formed by a place that asked only that you be what you were.When her father found her again, he said: you will marry. She said: race me. If you win, I am yours. If I win, you die.No man won.Until Hippomenes came to the racecourse - not to race, but to watch. To understand. To ask the question no one else had thought to ask: why did she make the rule? Not what the rule was. Why. What was it protecting? What was the race keeping out?He watched three men die and he understood. Then he went to Aphrodite and asked for three golden apples, and he placed them in the race not as a trap but as a question - in the specific places that only a person who had truly paid attention to Atalanta would know to put them.She stopped for all three.Atalanta is told in two voices - hers and his - moving through the full arc of her life: the forest, the Argonauts, the race, and the lions. It is the story of a woman who outran everything the world threw at her and chose, finally, to stop - not because she was caught, not because she was tricked, but because someone had thought about her carefully enough to know where she would go.Not owned. Known.That was the difference. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798235796997
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Her father left her on a hillside to die because she was not a son. A bear found her. The forest raised her. She came to the world of men already faster than all of them, already formed by a place that asked only that you be what you were.When her father found her again, he said: you will marry. She said: race me. If you win, I am yours. If I win, you die.No man won.Until Hippomenes came to the racecourse - not to race, but to watch. To understand. To ask the question no one else had thought to ask: why did she make the rule Not what the rule was. Why. What was it protecting What was the race keeping out He watched three men die and he understood. Then he went to Aphrodite and asked for three golden apples, and he placed them in the race not as a trap but as a question - in the specific places that only a person who had truly paid attention to Atalanta would know to put them.She stopped for all three.Atalanta is told in two voices - hers and his - moving through the full arc of her life: the forest, the Argonauts, the race, and the lions. It is the story of a woman who outran everything the world threw at her and chose, finally, to stop - not because she was caught, not because she was tricked, but because someone had thought about her carefully enough to know where she would go.Not owned. Known.That was the difference. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798235796997
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