尼尔盖曼:美国众神+蜘蛛男孩

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 496+736 pages

Publisher:Headline Publishing Group

Imprint:Headline Book Publishing

Published:8 May 2006

Weight:830g

Dimensions:199 x 128 x 87 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

美国众神

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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◆斯蒂芬•金：尼尔•盖曼是故事的宝库，拥有他是我们的幸运。

◆你崇拜什么，你就是什么。

AN ACCLAIMED, EMMY-NOMINATED TV SERIES ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEOWINNER OF THE HUGO, LOCUS AND BRAM STOKER AWARDS'To give him his full title: Neil Gaiman, Architect of Worlds, Svengali of Plot, Shaman of Character, Exploder of Cliche, Master Craftsman of Style, Dreamer Laureate of the Republic of Letters' DAVID MITCHELL'Original, engrossing, and endlessly inventive' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'Brilliant and unique' GUARDIAN---'This is about the soul of America, the idea that everyone came here from somewhere' NEIL GAIMAN---After three years in prison, Shadow Moon is free to go home. But hours before his release, his beloved wife is killed in a freak accident.

Numbly, he boards a plane where he meets an enigmatic stranger who seems to know Shadow and claims to be an ancient god - and king of America. Together they embark on a profoundly strange road trip across the USA, encountering a kaleidoscopic cast of characters along the way. But all around them a storm of unnatural proportions is gathering.

War is coming, an epic struggle for the very soul of America. And Shadow is standing squarely in its path. NEIL GAIMAN.

WITH STORIES COME POSSIBILITIES. ---**Includes a brand-new author preface, introduction to the author's preferred text, The Monarch of the Glen novella, reading-group discussion questions, an interview with Neil Gaiman and 'How Dare You', an essay on American Gods**

蜘蛛男孩

我们每个人，都是自己的神。我们每个人都是一串故事。

故事就像蜘蛛，有很多长腿；故事就像蛛网，让人缠绕其中。

胖查理，一个普通的上班族，在伦敦过着按部就班的生活。胖查理只是胖过几年。到了十四岁，也就不再胖了。但胖查理这个名字还是黏在他身上。

一天，胖查理的父亲突然去世 。在葬礼上，他得知了两件事：第一，他的父亲，是化作人形的蜘蛛神，一个来自非洲的“故事之王”；第二，他还有个失散多年的兄弟“蜘蛛”，继承了父亲的神力。

“蜘蛛”的凭空出现，把胖查理平静的生活搅得天翻地覆，而这一切也预示着胖查理的命运将就此改变……

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☆ 《蜘蛛男孩》是《美国众神》《北欧众神》作者尼尔•盖曼无比欢乐的奇幻经典！

☆ 《蜘蛛男孩》在世界范围内共发行120个版本，畅销25个国家：美国、英国、西班牙、法国、意大利、德国、丹麦、芬兰、波兰、希腊、葡萄牙、捷克、土耳其等

☆ 荣获轨迹奖、创神奖、英国奇幻协会奖、美国图书馆协会奖

☆ 《纽约时报》畅销书

☆ 我们每个人，都是自己的神。我们每个人都是一串故事。

☆ 《美国众神》里的蜘蛛神，就是本书主角的父亲。故事中有幽默、有诡计、有智慧，充满了冒险的趣味，让人禁不住捧腹大笑。

☆ 《蜘蛛男孩》是一部魔幻、恐怖、惊悚、鬼魅、浪漫的家庭喜剧史诗。——本书作者 尼尔•盖曼

☆ 《蜘蛛男孩》探讨了人神之间的矛盾，父子、手足间相处的难题，以及一个男孩的成长。荒诞、幽默、温馨、感人。——《学校图书馆期刊》

☆ 读客激发个人成长：读完本书，你将收获很多的快乐和很多做自己的勇气！

THE NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, AND COMPANION NOVEL TO AMERICAN GODS. HIGHLY ANTICIPATED TELEVISION SERIES JUST ANNOUNCED - COMING ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO. 'Neil could never have known that he was writing for a confused Jamaican kid who, without even knowing it, was still staggering from centuries of erasure of his own gods and monsters' MARLON JAMES'A warm, funny, immensely entertaining story about the impossibility of putting up with your relations - especially if they happen to be Gods' SUSANNA CLARKE 'It's virtually impossible to read more than ten words by Neil Gaiman and not wish he would tell you the rest of the story' OBSERVER---'People think that funny and serious are mutually exclusives.

They think they're opposites, and that's not actually true' NEIL GAIMAN---Everything changes for Fat Charlie Nancy, the South London boy so called by his father, the day his dad drops dead while doing karaoke. Charlie didn't know his estranged father was a god - Anansi the trickster, master of mischief and social disorder. He never knew he had a brother either.

Now brother Spider is on his doorstep, about to make life more interesting . . .

and a lot more dangerous. It's a meeting that will take Fat Charlie from his London home to Florida, the Caribbean, and the very beginning of the world itself. Or the end of the world, depending on which way you're looking.

NEIL GAIMAN. WITH STORIES COME POSSIBILITIES. ---**Includes reading-group discussion questions and an interview with Neil Gaiman**

名人推荐

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

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

《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

这是一个神吃神的世界。——奇幻作家 特里•普拉切特

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

《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

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.