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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... killing time . So he kept himself in shape , and taught himself coin tricks , and thought a lot about how much he loved his wife . The best thing - in Shadow's opinion , perhaps the only good thing - about being in prison was a feeling ...
... chili and a burger at one side of the table , a rare steak and a bowl of fries laid in the place across from it . Look at my king all dressed in red , Iko Iko all day , I bet you five dollars he'll kill you dead , CHAPTER TWO ...
A Novel Neil Gaiman. I bet you five dollars he'll kill you dead , Jockamo - feena - nay Shadow took his seat at the table . He put the newspaper down . " This is my first meal as a free man . I'll wait until after I've eaten to read your ...
... kill you . Or maybe I won't kill you . Maybe I'll have the children break every bone in your fucking body . There are two hundred and six of them . So don't fuck with me . " " Got it , " said Shadow . The ceiling lights in the limo ...
... kill you . You know that . " " So you said . " The boy took another long drag on his cigarette . " You say you're staying at the Motel America ? " He tapped on the driver's window , behind him . The glass window lowered . " Hey . Motel ...
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