American Gods

Paperback

Italian language

Published Sept. 23, 2016 by Mondadori.

ISBN:
978-88-04-67237-1
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American Gods (2001) is a fantasy novel by British author Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow. The book was published in 2001 by Headline in the United Kingdom and by William Morrow in the United States. It gained a positive critical response and won the 2002 Hugo and Nebula awards.A special tenth anniversary edition, which includes the "author's preferred text" and 12,000 additional words, was published in June 2011 by William Morrow. Two audio versions of the book were produced and published by Harper Audio: an unabridged version of the original published edition, read by George Guidall, released in 2001; a full cast audiobook version of the tenth anniversary edition, released in 2011. In March 2017, The Folio Society published a special collector's edition of American Gods, with many corrections …

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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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