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American Gods (2001) is a novel by British author Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow. The book was published in 2001 by Headline in the United Kingdom and by William Morrow in the United States.
Jun 19, 2001 · Neil Gaiman. Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America.
Jun 19, 2001 · American Gods is Neil Gaiman's best and most ambitious novel yet, a scary, strange, and hallucinogenic road-trip story wrapped around a deep examination of the American spirit. Gaiman tackles everything from the onslaught of the information age to the meaning of death, but he doesn't sacrifice the razor-sharp plotting and narrative style he's ...
American Gods and Anansi Boys are standalone novels set in the same universe. While they share a character, they can be enjoyed entirely independently of each other. The short stories "The Monarch of the Glen" and "Black Dog" are set after American Gods, and feature the main character of that novel.
One of the most talked-about books of the new millennium, American Gods is a kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an American landscape at once eerily familiar and utterly alien. It is, quite simply, a contemporary masterpiece.
Mar 16, 2021 · An inspired combination of mythology, adventure, and illusion, American Gods is a dark and kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an America at once eerily familiar and utterly alien. It is, quite simply, a contemporary masterpiece.
Jun 19, 2001 · 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,...
Apr 30, 2002 · American Gods. Neil Gaiman. Harper Collins, Apr 30, 2002 - Fiction - 624 pages. 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...
Mar 13, 2018 · Read 1,446 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Shadow Moon gets out of jail only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke, and unc…
Mar 16, 2021 · An inspired combination of mythology, adventure, and illusion, American Gods is a dark and kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an America at once eerily familiar and utterly alien. It is, quite simply, a contemporary masterpiece.
