num_pages: 592
description: 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
language: English
title: American Gods
titlecomplete: American Gods
characters: Mr. Ibis, Czernobog, Mr. Nancy, Technical Boy, Odin (deity), Easter, Spider, Mr. Jacquel, Mr. Wednesday, Hinzelmann, Bilquis, Laura Moon, Samantha Black Crow, Whiskey Jack, Mr. Town, Margaret Black Crow, Mad Sweeney, Media, Shadow Moon, Chad Mulligan, Mr. World, Loki
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Contemporary, Mythology, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 903096
places: The United States of America, Illinois, Wisconsin, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Minnesota, Chicago, Illinois
series: American Gods
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: International Horror Guild Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: SFX Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Geffen Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Adult Literature, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: British Science Fiction Association Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman étranger, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Prix Bob Morane
category: roman traduit, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel (August Derlith Fantasy Award)
publisher: Harper Perennial