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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... smiled his scarred smile . " 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 ...
... smile . " Love you , babes , " said Shadow . " Love you , puppy , " said Laura . Shadow put down the phone . When they ... smiled , showing his old teeth . He sat down beside Shadow and began to eat his macaroni and cheese . " We got to ...
... smile . “ You leaving us soon . " " Hope so , sir . " They walked through a couple of checkpoints . Wilson showed his ID each time . Up a set of stairs , and they were standing outside the prison warden's office . It had the prison ...
... smiled at the memory . His own driver's license had several months still to go before it expired . " Bus station ! Everybody out ! " The building stank of piss and sour beer . Shadow climbed into a taxi and told the driver to take him ...
... smile did not change , outwardly , but now he seemed , actually , amused . " You don't have a job waiting for you at home , " he said . " You have nothing waiting for you there . Meanwhile , I am offering you a perfectly legal job ...
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