Paperback, 592 pages
English language
Published Oct. 9, 2009 by HarperPerennial.
Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a mysterious stranger offers him a job. But Mr. Wednesday, who knows more about Shadow than is possible, warns that a storm is coming -- a battle for the very soul of America . . . and they are in its direct path.
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. --back cover
I read the 10th anniversary edition, which is longer than the original. It seemed a little slow at times and I think the original edition might be better.
Woaw. Je m'étais promis de lire ce livre avant le début de la série, le pilote m'a rattrapé et tellement séduit que je me suis rué dessus et dévoré ce livre. J'adore Neil Gaiman, donc difficile d'être vraiment objectif, mais j'ai dévoré ces 600 pages à une vitesse affolante et cela faisait très longtemps que je n'avais plus su lâcher un livre à ce point. Entre la galerie impressionnante de personnages, les retournements de situations, les intrigues et ce foisonnement mythologique fantastique, je ne savais plus où donner de la tête et j'ai été complètement émerveillé et séduit. Impatient de découvrir la suite et d'en apprendre encore plus sur cet univers particulier. Un véritable coup de coeur.
I listened to this for the first time three years ago. When I started my second listen a few days ago, I couldn't really remember much about it at all, except how much I enjoyed it.
I truly had forgotten so much that, many times, it was like listening for the first time. I loved it. I will read it again, too. So very good.
