Anansi Boys

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Lingvo: English

Eldonita je 28-a de septembro 2005 de William Morrow.

ISBN:
978-0-06-051518-8
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Numero OCLC:
1401566996
ISFDB ID:
177551

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5 steloj (1 recenzo)

One of fiction's most audaciously original talents, Neil Gaiman now gives us a mythology for a modem age-complete with dark prophecy, family dysfunction, mystical deceptions, and killer hinds. Not to mention a lime.

When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Far Charlie "Fat Charlie. Even now, twenty years later, Charlie Nancy can't shake that name, one of the many embarrassing "gifts" his father bestowed before he dropped dead on a karaoke stage and ruined Fat Charlie's life.

Mr. Nancy left Fat Charlie things. Things like the tall, good-looking stranger who appears on Charlie's doorstep, who appears to be the brother he never knew. A brother as different from Charlie as night is from day, a brother who's going to show Charlie how to lighten up and have a little fun just like Dear Old Dad. And all of a sudden, life starts getting very interesting for Fat …

37 eldonoj

A fabulous story

5 steloj

Anansi Boys was chosen as the second of three group reads for January by the Proud Readers Of Great Stories group on Goodreads to which I belong. I had already loved hearing the audiobook edition, superbly narrated by Lenny Henry, a few years ago so decided to borrow my OH's ebook edition this time around. I couldn't actually remember much of the story at all which I was glad about because I couldn't spoil any surprises for myself!

Gaiman's tale, at heart, is a coming of age story of sibling rivalry where our inept hero must overcome not only his brother's suave sophistication, but also his own crises of confidence. I could empathise with Fat Charlie on so many occasions! However, this being Gaiman, he also encounters no end of fantastical and supernatural beings which are vividly described so I could easily imagine them all. These beings are inspired by …

Temoj

  • Fiction
  • Fathers and sons in fiction
  • Brothers
  • Anansi (Legendary character)
  • Brothers in fiction
  • Fathers and sons
  • Adventure stories
  • Fiction, action & adventure
  • Fiction, fantasy, contemporary
  • Fiction, humorous
  • Brothers, fiction
  • Fathers and sons, fiction