American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition
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—Washington Post“Dark fun, and nourishing to the soul.”
—Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and ClayIt has been a decade since #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book) rocked the literary world with American Gods—his breathtaking tale of the war on Earth between old gods and new. For those who have yet to experience Gaiman’s bestselling tour de force—a novel USA Today called “a powerful, searing force that makes readers confront what is real and what is not”—and for those eager to enter this astonishing world again, comes the Author’s Preferred Text 10th Anniversary Edition. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Bram Stoker Awards, with a special introduction by the author, this is American Gods as Neil Gaiman always meant it to be.
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Strange, long-winding and mysterious
What a strange book. It reads like a roadtrip of assembled riddle-ridden moments and I guess... fair enough, that is probably the point of it. I loved the balance or realism and myth and the weird style you get by blending both. Don't be fooled, this is no sugary tale and there are a lot of questionable moments but, again, the questions kind of seem to be the point. And I really like Shadow as a protagonist. He works well as the person to walk beside of this adventure- exploration of the American Soul- roadtrip-detective story- tale of old?! I think I need to read up on some old myths to understand even more what is going on here though...^^
Wow! Was für eine Geschichte! Ein Roadtrip - äußerlich, innerlich. Eine Held:Innenreise à la Joseph Campbell. Shadow gerät völlig ahnungslos inmitten eines Kampfes zwischen den alten und den modernen Göttern. Vieles in der Geschichte wirkt „dreamlike“, man sollte sich darauf einlassen, um die Geschichte genießen zu können. Zwischendurch Einschübe über alte Götter, historische Ereignisse, die mich sehr nachdenklich gestimmt haben.
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—Washington Post“Dark fun, and nourishing to the soul.”
—Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and ClayIt has been a decade since #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book) rocked the literary world with American Gods—his breathtaking tale of the war on Earth between old gods and new. For those who have yet to experience Gaiman’s bestselling tour de force—a novel USA Today called “a powerful, searing force that makes readers confront what is real and what is not”—and for those eager to enter this astonishing world again, comes the Author’s Preferred Text 10th Anniversary Edition. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Bram Stoker Awards, with a special introduction by the author, this is American Gods as Neil Gaiman always meant it to be.
Book Information
Posts
Strange, long-winding and mysterious
What a strange book. It reads like a roadtrip of assembled riddle-ridden moments and I guess... fair enough, that is probably the point of it. I loved the balance or realism and myth and the weird style you get by blending both. Don't be fooled, this is no sugary tale and there are a lot of questionable moments but, again, the questions kind of seem to be the point. And I really like Shadow as a protagonist. He works well as the person to walk beside of this adventure- exploration of the American Soul- roadtrip-detective story- tale of old?! I think I need to read up on some old myths to understand even more what is going on here though...^^