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Shadow wird nach einer dreijährigen Gefängnisstrafe in die Freiheit entlassen und gleich mit dem Tod seiner Frau und seines besten Freundes konfrontiert. Der Not gehorchend, nimmt er einen Job bei einem merkwürdigen alten Mann an, der sich als Inkarnation des nordischen Gottes Odin erweist - und er ist nur eines von zahlreichen übernatürlichen Wesen, die Amerika bevölkern. Götter der unterschiedlichsten Mythologien und Religionen haben den nordamerikanischen Kontinent zu ihrer neuen Heimat auserkoren.

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It has been a decade since #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book) rocked the literary world with American Gods-his breathtaking tale of the war on Earth between old gods and new. For those who have yet to experience Gaiman´s bestselling tour de force-a novel USA Today called "a powerful, searing force that makes readers confront what is real and what is not"-and for those eager to enter this astonishing world again, comes the Author´s Preferred Text 10th Anniversary Edition. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Bram Stoker Awards, with a special introduction by the author, this is American Gods as Neil Gaiman always meant it to be.

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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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