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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... never came . He had the jitters and the heebie - jeebies , a feeling deep in his stomach that something was entirely wrong . In the exercise yard the wind gusted . Shadow imagined that he could smell snow on the air . He called his wife ...
... never walk back through them again , feeling empty inside . The rain had started to gust from the gray sky , a freezing rain . Pellets of ice stung Shadow's face , while the rain soaked the thin overcoat and they walked toward the ...
... never said a word . Then Shadow was stumbling through the brightly lit airport termi- nal . Shadow worried about the whole e - ticket business . He knew he had a ticket for a flight on Friday , but he didn't know if it would work today ...
... never wanted to kiss anyone else again . A woman announced that his plane was boarding , and Shadow's row was the first to be called . He was in the very back , an empty seat beside him . The rain pattered continually against the side ...
... Never mind . ” He is gasping now . " Let me fuck you , " he says . " I have to fuck you . " " Okay , hon , " she says . “ We'll do it . But will you do something for me , while you're doing it ? " " Hey , " he says , suddenly tetchy ...
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