American Gods

Hardcover, 465 pages

English language

Published March 26, 2001 by William Morrow.

OCLC Number:
833825266

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4 stars (25 reviews)

The storm was coming....

Shadow spent three years in prison, keeping his head down, doing his time. All he wanted was to get back to the loving arms of his wife and to stay out of trouble for the rest of his life. But days before his scheduled release, he learns that his wife has been killed in an accident, and his world becomes a colder place.

On the plane ride home to the funeral, Shadow meets a grizzled man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A self-styled grifter and rogue, Wednesday offers Shadow a job. And Shadow, a man with nothing to lose, accepts.

But working for the enigmatic Wednesday is not without its price, and Shadow soon learns that his role in Wednesday's schemes will be far more dangerous than he ever could have imagined. Entangled in a world of secrets, he embarks on a wild road trip and …

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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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