American Gods - Brossura

Gaiman, Neil

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0380789035 ISBN 13: 9780380789030

Casa editrice: Harper Torch, 2002

Riassunto

On the plane home to attend the funerals of his wife and best friend, Shadow, just released from prison, encounters Mr. Wednesday, an enigmatic stranger who seems to know a lot about him, and when Mr. Wednesday offers him a job as his bodyguard, Shadow accepts and is plunged into a dark and perilous world, where the soul of America is at stake. Reprint.

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Recensione:

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

American Gods is sexy, thrilling, dark, funny and poetic." (Teller, of Penn & Teller)

"American Gods is like a fast run downhill through a maze -- both exhilarating and twisted." (Jane Lindskold, author of Changer and)

L'autore:

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett), The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains; the Sandman series of graphic novels; and the story collections Smoke and Mirrors, Fragile Things, and Trigger Warning. He is the winner of numerous literary honors, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, and the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States. He is Professor in the Arts at Bard College.

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• Editore: Harper Torch
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0380789035
• ISBN 13: 9780380789030
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 592