American Gods: A NovelHarper Collins, 19.06.2001 - 480 Seiten 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 encounters, among others, the murderous Czernobog, the impish Mr. Nancy, and the beautiful Easter -- all of whom seem to know more about Shadow than he himself does. Shadow will learn that the past does not die, that everyone, including his late wife, had secrets, and that the stakes are higher than anyone could have imagined. All around them a storm of epic proportions threatens to break. Soon Shadow and Wednesday will be swept up into a conflict as old as humanity itself. For beneath the placid surface of everyday life a war is being fought -- and the prize is the very soul of America. As unsettling as it is exhilarating, American Gods is a dark and kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an America at once eerily familiar and utterly alien. Magnificently told, this work of literary magic will haunt the reader far beyond the final page. |
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... Yeah , " he said . " That's true . It's even better when you've been sentenced to death . That's when you remember the jokes about the guys who kicked their boots off as the noose flipped around their necks , because their friends ...
... Yeah ? Well , all I know is , you fucking spook me . " Wilson had sandy blond hair and a sandy blond face and a sandy blond smile . “ You leaving us soon . " " Hope so , sir . " They walked through a couple of checkpoints . Wilson ...
... Yeah , yeah , I'm making you late , thought Shadow . Let that be the worst of your worries . The plane seemed pretty full , as he made his way down toward the back . Actually , Shadow found , it was completely full , and there was a ...
... Yeah . Jack says they add character . " She drew him a map on the back of a mauve flyer , which advertised a chicken roast for the benefit of a young girl who needed a new kidney . “ He's got a couple of croco- diles , a snake , one a ...
... Yeah ? " she says . And then she says , " No , honey , he's not here . He's gone away . " She turns the telephone off before she flops out on the bed in the dark red room , then she stretches once more , and she closes her eyes , and ...
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