尼尔・盖曼
美国众神 Douban Goodreads
American Gods
★ 7.6 (164 ratings) author: [英国] 尼尔·盖曼 translator: 戚林 publishing house: 北京联合出版公司 2017 - 4
你崇拜什么,你就是什么。
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奥丁、洛奇、安纳西……古老的神明们其实一直居住在美国,以人的姿态生活在我们身边,但他们失去了人类的信仰,变得衰弱。
高科技、汽车、媒体……新一代的神从这些事物中诞生,凭借人类的依赖和信仰而越发强大。
美国这片 土地上,新神与旧神的纷争不断升级。为了夺回人们的信仰,北欧主神奥丁穿越整个美国去联合旧神,与新神决一死战。一场众神之战即将爆发。
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尼尔•盖曼是故事的宝库,拥有他是我们的幸运……他的创作力之丰沃与作品整体的水准之高,既神奇又吓人。——惊悚大师 斯蒂芬•金
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尼尔•盖曼是英国之宝,现在他也同样成为了美国之宝。——科幻大师 威廉•吉布森
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《美国众神》近乎奇迹……尼尔•盖曼用令人无比信服的方式,讲述了一个令人难以置信的故事。——奇幻作家 乔纳森•卡罗尔
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这是一个神吃神的世界。——奇幻作家 特里•普拉切特
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尼尔•盖曼把死去的神灵、死去的金钱和死去的感情暴露在我们眼前。这部小说为我们展开了一幅从人类创生至今的地图。——奇幻作家 斯蒂芬•埃里克森
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《美国众神》向世界重新宣告了幻想文学的重要性。它黑暗而有趣,并且滋养着我们的灵魂。——迈克尔•查邦
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只要你思考过世界何以成为今天这样,就一定会被《美国众神》的魅力俘获。——《今日美国》
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尼尔•盖曼总是用灵巧的手,为我们编织神话。——《纽约时报》
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悬疑、讽刺、恐怖、浪漫,还有诗意,《美国众神》拥有这一切,让读者无法释卷。——《华盛顿邮报》
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令你沉吟、欢乐、不安、振奋、惊恐、愉悦的迷人故事,有时还会以古怪的方式让这些情绪一齐迸发。喜爱盖曼作品的人,会满意地发现,这是一部由熟悉的故事大师所创造的传奇。第一次接触他的读者,则会惊讶于他的优异。——《圣路易斯邮报快讯》
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说尼尔•盖曼是个作家,犹如说达芬奇懂一点儿艺术。——《明尼阿波里斯明星论坛报》
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盖曼创造了一部独特、充满文学性又非常易读的小说。千万别错过。——《洛基山新闻》
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文学界的摇滚巨星……尼尔•盖曼总能在那些该死的地方发现魔法。——《迈阿密新时报》
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让读者一口气读下去、无法放弃的作品。——《华盛顿邮报》
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机锋叠出,幽默风趣,间以惊悚,而且移步换景,不断发展,始终紧紧抓住读者的心……这是一部强有力的小说,一方面使读者不忍释卷,另一方面又迫使他们不断停下来,惊叹一声:“哇!”——《今日美国》
American Gods Douban
author: [英国] 尼尔·盖曼 publishing house: William Morrow 2011 - 6
After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the time until his release ticks away, he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the bizarre Mr Wednesday claiming to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America. Together they embark on a very strange journey across the States, along the way solving the murders which have occurred every winter in one small American town. But the storm is about to break...Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, Gaiman's epic novel sees him on the road to the heart of America. Includes extra material exclusive to Headline Review's edition
Norse Mythology Douban
★ 8.5 (15 ratings) author: [英国] 尼尔·盖曼 publishing house: W. W. Norton & Company 2017 - 2
Introducing an instant classic―master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths.
Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales.
In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin’s son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki―son of a giant―blood brother to Odin and a trickster and unsurpassable manipulator.
Gaiman fashions these primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits of deities, dwarfs, and giants. Once, when Thor’s hammer is stolen, Thor must disguise himself as a woman―difficult with his beard and huge appetite―to steal it back. More poignant is the tale in which the blood of Kvasir―the most sagacious of gods―is turned into a mead that infuses drinkers with poetry. The work culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and rebirth of a new time and people.
Through Gaiman’s deft and witty prose emerge these gods with their fiercely competitive natures, their susceptibility to being duped and to duping others, and their tendency to let passion ignite their actions, making these long-ago myths breathe pungent life again.
Nov. 12, 2019 read
BL 5.7,AR 8.0,Word Count 51706,Lexile 830L。大名鼎鼎的 Neil Gaiman 之作,中译为《北欧众神》,但事实上和美国众神那篇长篇小说不一样,只是用短篇故事集重新阐述一遍北欧神话,还附有 Glossary;如果已经读过《北欧神话 ABC》,就没必要再读,那个 Glossary 都不怎么全面;文笔也非常简单,可能比哈利波特还要简单点,确实好读;但是短篇故事集良莠不齐,而且人物塑造基本还是沿袭了民间神话的荒诞和失真,有时候和一千零一夜一样莫名其妙刀起头落,还不如一些现代改编作品好玩,比如旗帜传说,奥丁领域和来世神歌等。
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