American Gods

基本信息

by Neil Gaiman (Author)

Format:Paperback / softback 736 pages

Publisher:Headline Publishing Group

Imprint:Headline Review

ISBN:9780755322817

Published: 19 Sep 2005

Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:496g

Dimensions:130 x 196 x 56 (mm)

Pub. Country:United Kingdom

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

2001年首次出版的《美国众神》成为了一部经典之作——它是屡获殊荣的创新小说大师尼尔·盖曼的智力和艺术标杆。在这个十周年纪念版中探索美国神的神秘和魔力。这本纪念册以作者喜欢的文本进行了精心的更新和扩充，是对独一无二的尼尔·盖曼的现代杰作的真正庆祝。

暴风雨就要来了……

“影子”在监狱里呆了三年，默默地等待着回到印第安纳州鹰角的一天。男人不再害怕明天会发生什么，他只想和他深爱的妻子劳拉在一起，开始新的生活。

但是就在他被释放的前几天，劳拉和影子的好朋友在一次事故中丧生。他的生活支离破碎，没有任何东西可以束缚他，“影子”接受了一个工作，他在回家的路上遇到了一个迷惑人的陌生人，这个神秘的人自称周三先生。周三先生似乎比影子自己更了解影子。

周三先生的保镖、司机和跑腿男孩的生活比Shadow想象的要有趣和危险得多——这份工作让他踏上了一段黑暗而奇怪的公路旅行，并将他介绍给了一群古怪的人物，他们的命运与他自己的命运神秘地交织在一起。在这一路上，影子会知道过去永远不会消逝;每个人，包括他深爱的劳拉，都有秘密;梦、图腾、传说和神话比我们所知道的更真实。最后，他会发现，在日常生活平静的表面下，一场风暴正在酝酿——这是一场对美国灵魂而言的史诗般的战争——而他正站在风暴前进的道路上。

First published in 2001, American Gods became an instant classic—an intellectual and artistic benchmark from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction, Neil Gaiman. Now discover the mystery and magic of American Gods in this tenth anniversary edition. Newly updated and expanded with the author’s preferred text, this commemorative volume is a true celebration of a modern masterpiece by the one, the only, Neil Gaiman.

A storm is coming . . .

Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the magic day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life.

But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow’s best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself.

Life as Wednesday’s bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined—it is a job that takes him on a dark and strange road trip and introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own. Along the way Shadow will learn that the past never dies; that everyone, including his beloved Laura, harbors secrets; and that dreams, totems, legends, and myths are more real than we know. Ultimately, he will discover that beneath the placid surface of everyday life a storm is brewing—an epic war for the very soul of America—and that he is standing squarely in its path.

作者简介

尼尔·盖曼是《纽约时报》畅销书作家，著有《无处不在》、《星尘埃》、《美国众神》、《鬼妈妈》、《安纳西男孩》、《墓地之书》、《吉星》(与特里·普拉切特合作)、《小路尽头的海洋》和《真相是黑色山脉的山洞》;《睡魔》系列漫画小说。他是众多文学荣誉的获得者，包括雨果奖、布拉姆·斯托克奖和世界幻想奖，以及纽伯瑞奖和卡内基奖。他来自英国，现在住在美国。他是巴德学院的艺术教授。

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 novel. 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.