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A carregar... American Gods (original 2001; edição 2002)por Neil Gaiman
Pormenores da obraAmerican Gods por Neil Gaiman (2001)
  
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 i have my one perspective about this, this is beyond my imagination, that this book is quite awsome!  This is a fantastic novel, as obsessed with the minutiae of life on the road as it is with a catalogue of doomed and half-forgotten deities. In the course of the protagonist Shadow's adventures as the bodyguard and fixer of the one-eyed Mr Wednesday, he visits a famous museum of junk and the motel at the centre of the US, as well as eating more sorts of good and bad diner food than one wants especially to think about. Part of the joy of American Gods is that its inventions all find a place in a well-organised structure. The book runs as precisely as clockwork, but reads as smoothly as silk or warm chocolate. Gaiman's stories are always overstuffed experiences, and ''American Gods'' has more than enough to earn its redemption, including a hero who deserves further adventures. "American Gods" is a juicily original melding of archaic myth with the slangy, gritty, melancholy voice of one of America's great cultural inventions -- the hard-boiled detective; call it Wagnerian noir. The melting pot has produced stranger cocktails, but few that are as tasty. Está contido emTem a adaptaçãoÉ expandida emInspiradaTem como suplemento
Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever he the same. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Book Discussion: American Gods Chapters 14-18
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Korrektur nach zwei Tagen: passabler Anfang, aber bestenfalls schwaches Ende. Wenn man bedenkt, wie oft der Erzähler uns gesagt hat, dass DER GROSSE STURM kommt, dass DER KRIEG bevorsteht, und dann dieses Rüdiger Hoffmann-Ende: "Haben wir kurz drüber geredet; nöh, haben sie auch gleich eingesehen" - oh man! Und dann diese vollkommen überflüssigen doppelten Nachworte. Wenn ich in Zukunft über ein Buch höre, dass es sein bisher ambitioniertestes Werk ist, werde ich einen großen Bogen darum machen. Hier passt mal wieder der alte Satz, dass hier jemand als Tiger gestartet (der Hype, die aufgebaute Erwartung), aber als Bettvorleger gelandet ist. (