Anansi Boys
Autor Neil Gaimanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 mar 2021
'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
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'People think that funny and serious are mutually exclusives. They think they're opposites, and that's not actually true' NEIL GAIMAN
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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.
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**Includes reading-group discussion questions and an interview with Neil Gaiman**
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472283344
ISBN-10: 1472283341
Pagini: 474
Dimensiuni: 108 x 178 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Headline
ISBN-10: 1472283341
Pagini: 474
Dimensiuni: 108 x 178 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Headline
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Notă biografică
Neil Gaiman is the No.1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling writer of books, graphic novels, short stories, film and television for all ages, and is known for creating extraordinary worlds beyond imagination. He has been awarded numerous literary honours and many of his books have been made into films and adapted for TV and radio. In recent years, Neil wrote and was the showrunner for a critically acclaimed television adaptation of Good Omens, the seminal novel he co-authored with the late Sir Terry Pratchett. He has also written two episodes of Doctor Who and appeared in The Simpsons as himself.
In 2017, Neil became a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. He received a Doctor of Letters from the University of St Andrews, is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College and is a Royal Society of Literature fellow. Born in the UK, Neil now mostly lives in America, and travels all around the world every year appearing at festivals, events and conventions.
In 2017, Neil became a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. He received a Doctor of Letters from the University of St Andrews, is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College and is a Royal Society of Literature fellow. Born in the UK, Neil now mostly lives in America, and travels all around the world every year appearing at festivals, events and conventions.
Recenzii
A
warm,
funny,
immensely
entertaining
story...
Anansi
Boys
combines
the
anarchy
of
Douglas
Adams
with
a
Wodehousian
generosity
of
spirit
--
Susanna
Clarke
'A
warm,
funny,
immensely
entertaining
story
about
the
impossibility
of
putting
up
with
your
relations
-
especially
if
they
happen
to
be
Gods.
Anansi
Boys
combines
the
anarchy
of
Douglas
Adams
with
a
Wodehousian
generosity
of
spirit.
Guaranteed
to
make
all
but
the
most
committed
arachnophobe
feel
gratefully
towards
spiders'
Susanna
Clarke
--
Susanna
Clarke
'The
author...gives
us
powerful
deities
-
Anansi
is
as
charming
and
dangerous
as
he
ought
to
be...
A
thoughtful,
atmospheric
novel'
--
The
Times
'As
imaginative
fiction
goes
it
has
become
clear
that
Gaiman
has
long
since
left
any
box.
His
credentials
as
a
bankable
novelist
have
grown
with
each
title...from
his
epic
of
warring
divinities,
AMERICAN
GODS,
to
ANANSI
BOYS,
which
debuted
at
number
1
on
the
New
York
Times
bestseller
list.'
--
Time,
Australia
'Mixing
farce
and
fantasy,
epic
mythology
and
domestic
drama,
Gaiman's
novel
is
a
clever
piece
of
storytelling
and
a
celebration
of
the
magic
of
make-believe.'
--
Independent
on
Sunday
'Whizzing,
twirling,
erupting
into
dazzling
cartwheels,
firing
off
showers
of
multi-colored
sparks,
chortling
to
itself
and
muttering
killer-diller
one-liners,
ANANSI
BOYS
draws
the
reader,
ever
more
wide-eyed
and
amazed,
into
a
world
both
feather-light
and
chockablock
with
mortal
danger.
Only
Neil
Gaiman
could
have
brought
this
fraught
enchantment
into
being,
and
the
ongoing,
ultimately
revelatory
travails
of
Fat
Charlie
Nancy
display
Gaiman's
remarkable
imaginative
powers
at
full
stretch.
This
book
is
going
to
sail
off
the
shelves'
Peter
Straub
--
Peter
Straub
'Neil
Gaiman
is
one
of
the
few
genuinely
intelligent
writers
of
what
is
generally
described
as
'post-modern'
fiction
-
his
work
is
thoughtful,
wise,
spiritually
challenging
and
incredibly
funny...From
Gaiman,
it's
a
treasure,
every
word.
I
can't
imagine
a
better
way
to
start
a
holiday'
Manda
Scott,
Church
of
England
Newspaper,
22
July
2005
--
Manda
Scott,
Church
of
England
Newspaper
'Brilliant
mingling
of
the
mundane
and
the
fantastic'
Publishers
Weekly,
18/7/05
--
Publishers
Weekly
'Gaiman
juggles
several
intersecting
narratives
expertly...blithely
echoing
numerous
creation
myths
and
folklore
motifs,
Terry
Southern's
antic
farces,
Evelyn
Waugh's
comic
contes
cruel,
and
even
-
here
and
there
-
Muriel
Spark's
whimsical
supernaturalism...enormously
entertaining
throughout'
Kirkus
Reviews,
15
July
2005
--
Kirkus
Reviews
A
book
it's
impossible
not
to
love
--
Starburst
'Gaiman
is
best-known
for
his
Sandman
series
of
graphic
novels,
but
here
he
demonstrates
an
equally
vivid
ability
to
portray
the
mythic
and
the
fantastic
in
comic
prose...slapstick
and
verbal
pyrotechnics
are
the
primary
motors
of
the
book.
The
"apparent
effortlessness"
of
this
sort
of
writing
requires
planning
and
execution
of
a
very
high
order...
Neil
Gaiman
is
a
very
good
writer
indeed,
and
this
is
a
very
funny
bedtime
story'
--
Daily
Telegraph
'Bizarre,
bonkers...rather
brilliant'
--
Ian
Hislop
'Exhilarating
and
terrifying'
--
Independent
'This
is
the
most
accomplished
of
Gaiman's
novels
thus
far...
Anansi
Boys
has
charm
going
for
it
and
a
plot
that
pirouettes
on
a
dime.
Urbane
and
sophisticated'
--
Time
Out
'Part
soap
opera,
part
macabre
fairy
tale,
part
supernatural
horror...
Gaiman's
writing
is
as
sharp
as
ever,
full
of
flair
and
fun...his
characters
are
huge
and
full-blooded...
Often
hilarious
and
just
as
often
unsettling,
Anansi
Boys
is
a
dark
delight'
--
SFX
magazine
'[Neil
Gaiman
is
the]
literary
equivalent
of
a
sexy
rock
star'
--
Scotland
on
Sunday
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In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Neil Gaiman returns to the territory of his masterpiece, American Gods (soon to be a Starz Original Series), to once again probe the dark recesses of the soul.
God is dead. Meet the kids.
Fat Charlie Nancy’s normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn’t know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother. Now brother Spider is on his doorstep—about to make Fat Charlie’s life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous.
“Thrilling, spooky, and wondrous.”
—Denver Post
“Awesomely inventive.… When you take the free-fall plunge into a Neil Gaiman book, anything can happen and anything invariably does.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“Delightful, funny and affecting.... A tall tale to end all tall tales.”
—Washington Post Book World
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Fat Charlie Nancy’s normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn’t know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother.
Now brother Spider is on his doorstep—about to make Fat Charlie’s life more interesting . . .
and a lot more dangerous.