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Indlæser... Anansi Boys (original 2005; udgave 2018)af Neil Gaiman (Forfatter), Stefan Kaminski (Fortæller), Lübbe Audio (Publisher)
Work InformationAnansi Boys af Neil Gaiman (2005)
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Was für ein wunder-wunderbares Buch! Grandios gelesen von Stefan Kaminski. Ich würde am liebsten direkt wieder von vorne anfangen... ( ) This was a fantastic book. A lot of it reminded me of Douglas Adams, which is always a good thing, but it also had an interesting plot and pulled off a fantastic style. Perhaps the most impressive thing about this book is that it seamlessly shifts between viewpoints all the time, but all of the characters are interesting enough that I wasn't left disappointed when the focus shifted. Also, it was fast paced and every character's section was relatively short and closely integrated with the others so they all held my attention very well. I pretty much read it in one sitting. I love the unflappability of British protagonists! No matter what you throw at them, they just "keep calm and carry on" - which is how our protagonist Charlie Nancy mostly reacts upon discovering, well into his young adulthood, that (1) his father was a god (Anansi, the notorious trickster spider god), (2) the old ladies next door are witches, and (3) he has a godlike twin brother that he never knew about ... until, that is, said brother starts taking certain inexcusable liberties with Charlie's home, his job, and his fiancé. In this tale, Anansi is one of a pantheon of ancient animalistic gods who can appear in either animal or human form. While anthropologists would argue that we humans create gods in our image, Gaiman posits a world in which human culture is shaped by the gods whose stories we humans choose to tell. Thus a culture infused with Tiger stories becomes violent and predatory; a culture infused with Anansi stories becomes brash and playful. The dramatic tension in the story comes from whether Tiger or Anansi will prevail in each of the storylines that artfully intersect along the way: will Charlie overcome his natural timidity and embrace his inner Anansi? Will Charlie's humorously villainous boss receive his comeuppance? Will love be enough to reign in the amoral excesses of Charlie's bro Spider? Will Charlie's fiancé Rosie find balance her relationship with her ferocious mother? Will Charlie be able to forgive Anansi for his many excesses and eccentricities as a father? Will Charlie and Spider reconcile? Gaiman's infused all of this with lovely island overtones by casting the main characters (including Anansi) as Barbadian Brits, even arranging for the denouement to take place on the Barbadian island of St. Andrews. Not only does this add color to the narrative (his old lady neighbors are constantly referencing Barbadian foods, traditions, and beliefs) but it reinforces the magical realism of the text by infusing the story with a culture known for its fanciful mythology and rich storytelling tradition. Add to this auspicious combination a cast of wonderfully eccentric characters (including a quartet of crotchety old ladies, a creepy birdwoman, a cliche-spouting baddie, and a duppy/ghost), some deliciously theatrical imagery (especially Charlie's trips into "god world") and Gaiman's characteristic wit, blend well, and enjoy this confection of a tale in which good triumphs over evil, Charlie finds his groove, and karaoke saves the world. What fun!
Gaiman kutoo tapansa mukaan sujuvan ja houkuttelevan kertomuksen, joka ammentaa tarinoiden ja myyttien maailmasta. Sujuvan lukukokemuksen viimeistelee onnistunut suomennos. Gaimaniin mieltyneille Hämähäkkijumala on puolipakollinen kirjahyllyn täyte ja kevytfantasiaa hakeville ihan yhtä hyvä tutustumiskirja kuin mikä tahansa varhaisempi romaani. Vaikka kirjan juoni ei juuri yllätäkään, Gaiman esittelee tarinankertojan lahjaansa: kykyä tehdä mahdottomasta todenmakuista. And Charlie, who has become a successful singer and fathered a son, has come to terms with the powers and responsibilities of ''a boy who was half a god," having learned what Gaiman knows better, and communicates more forcefully, than any other contemporary writer: Stories and poems, songs and myths, represent us, sustain and complete us, and survive us, while also ensuring that all that's best in us survives with them. The focus on Anansi and tricksters, I think, goes a long way towards explaining the tone of this novel. It really feels more like some of the established "funny" sci-fi/fantasy authors (like Gaiman's Good Omens co-author Terry Pratchett) than "classic" Neil. The problem in "Anansi Boys" is the type of fantasy Gaiman has chosen. The tales of Anansi outwitting his foes leave you feeling you've eaten something heavy and sugary. There's an Uncle Remus folksiness to the stories that sends the airy blitheness of the farce plummeting down to earth. There is also, I regret to say, the warm hand of instruction lying uneasily on this tale. Charlie works through his ineffectualness and his family issues to find happiness, contentment and - ugh - acceptance. It leaves you with the uncomfortable feeling that for Gaiman, farce by itself would simply have been too frivolous, that he feels the need to impart a lesson. Anansi Boys contains a couple of traditional-style Anansi fables, and the book itself takes a similar ambling but wry, pointed tone; like any good Anansi story, it's about cleverness, appetite, and comeuppance, and it's funny in a smart, inclusive way. And like any good Gaiman book, it's about the places where the normal world and a fantastic one intersect, and all the insightful things they have to say about each other. HæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
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HTML: When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie "Fat Charlie." Even now, 20 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. Because 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. And all of a sudden, things start getting very interesting for Fat Charlie. Exciting, scary, and deeply funny, Anansi Boys is a kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth, a wild adventure, as Neil Gaiman shows us where gods come from, and how to survive your family. .No library descriptions found. |
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