American Gods

The Author's Preferred Text

paperback, 640 pages

English language

Published Oct. 8, 2010 by Headline.

ISBN:
978-0-7553-2281-7
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OCLC Number:
812385374

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4 stars (27 reviews)

Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America.

Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there... --back cover

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Review of 'American Gods' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

I listened to this for the first time three years ago. When I started my second listen a few days ago, I couldn't really remember much about it at all, except how much I enjoyed it.

I truly had forgotten so much that, many times, it was like listening for the first time. I loved it. I will read it again, too. So very good.

Review of 'American Gods' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Oui, American Gods est un chef-d’oeuvre du fantastique. Et ce pour d’innombrables raisons. D’abord, parce que [author:Gaiman] arrive à projeter dans une Amérique contemporaine l’ensemble(1) des panthéons des principaux peuples ayant nourri l’Amérique. Ensuite, parce que cette construction se fait d’une manière extrêmement rationnelle, eu égard aux attributions de ces dieux (Loki en est l’exemple le plus frappant). Enfin parce que toute cette construction se fait sous la forme d’un pied de nez absolument magistral. Qui plus est, cette construction n’est finallement pas intéressante en soi. Elle ne sert que de support au conte initiatique que vit Ombre, le héros de cette histoire. Et là encore, l’auteur met tout son talent au service d’une histoire intéressante, servie par des personnages tout à fait croustillants, et aux rebondissements franchement inattendus. Mais encore une fois, comme dans n’importe quelle parabole, le sens apparent ne sert qu’à mettre en valeur un sens caché …

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