With well over a million copies in print, there is no question that AMERICAN GODS is a perennial favorite. This special anniversary edition of the authors preferred text will be a perfect collectors item for old fans and new readers alike and will feature a new introduction by the author.

Zusatztext "American Gods is like a fast run downhill through a maze -- both exhilarating and twisted." Informationen zum Autor Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman . He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https://www.neilgaiman.com/ Klappentext Updated and expanded with the author?s preferred text A modern masterpiece from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction Neil Gaiman First published in 2001, American Gods became an instant classic, lauded for its brilliant synthesis of ?mystery, satire, sex, horror, and poetic prose? ( Washington Post ) and as a modern phantasmagoria that ?distills the essence of America? ( Seattle Post-Intelligencer ). It is the story of Shadow?released from prison just days after his wife and best friend are killed in an accident?who gets recruited to be bodyguard, driver, and errand boy for the enigmatic trickster Mr. Wednesday. So begins Shadow?s dark and strange road trip, one that introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own. For beneath the placid surface of everyday life, a storm is brewing?an epic war for the very soul of America?and Shadow is standing squarely in its path. Zusammenfassung Now a STARZ® Original Series Season 3 premiere in January 2021 Pointed, occasionally comic, often scary, consistently moving and provocative. American Gods is strewn with secrets and magical visions. USA Today Newly updated and expanded with the author's preferred text. A modern masterpiece from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction, Neil Gaiman. First published in 2001, American Gods became an instant classic, lauded for its brilliant synthesis of mystery, satire, sex, horror, and poetic prose ( Washington Post ) and as a modern phantasmagoria that distills the essence of America ( Seattle Post-Intelligencer ). It is the story of Shadowreleased from prison just days after his wife and best friend are killed in an accidentwho gets recruited to be bodyguard, driver, and errand boy for the enigmatic trickster, Mr. Wednesday. So begins Shadow's dark and strange road trip, one that introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own. For, beneath the placid surface of everyday life, a storm is brewingan epic war for the very soul of Americaand Shadow is standing squarely in its path. Original, engrossing, and endlessly inventive.George R. R. Martin ...

"American Gods is like a fast run downhill through a maze -- both exhilarating and twisted."

Autorentext

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https://www.neilgaiman.com/

Klappentext

Updated and expanded with the author’s preferred text

A modern masterpiece from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction Neil Gaiman

First published in 2001, American Gods became an instant classic, lauded for its brilliant synthesis of “mystery, satire, sex, horror, and poetic prose” (Washington Post) and as a modern phantasmagoria that “distills the essence of America” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). It is the story of Shadow—released from prison just days after his wife and best friend are killed in an accident—who gets recruited to be bodyguard, driver, and errand boy for the enigmatic trickster Mr. Wednesday. So begins Shadow’s dark and strange road trip, one that introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own. For beneath the placid surface of everyday life, a storm is brewing—an epic war for the very soul of America—and Shadow is standing squarely in its path.

Zusammenfassung

Now a STARZ® Original Series – Season 3 premiere in January 2021

“Pointed, occasionally comic, often scary, consistently moving and provocative….American Gods is strewn with secrets and magical visions.”—*USA Today*

Newly updated and expanded with the author’s preferred text. A modern masterpiece from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction, Neil Gaiman.

First published in 2001, American Gods became an instant classic, lauded for its brilliant synthesis of “mystery, satire, sex, horror, and poetic prose” (Washington Post) and as a modern phantasmagoria that “distills the essence of America” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). It is the story of Shadow—released from prison just days after his wife and best friend are killed in an accident—who gets recruited to be bodyguard, driver, and errand boy for the enigmatic trickster, Mr. Wednesday. So begins Shadow’s dark and strange road trip, one that introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own. For, beneath the placid surface of everyday life, a storm is brewing—an epic war for the very soul of America—and Shadow is standing squarely in its path.

“Original, engrossing, and endlessly inventive.”—George R. R. Martin