{"id":10607,"date":"2015-03-09T12:59:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T10:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=10607"},"modified":"2015-06-10T15:36:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T13:36:34","slug":"neil-gaiman-zei-americani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=10607","title":{"rendered":"Neil Gaiman: Zei americani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: green;\">(ghidul cititorului de fantastic)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">de Oliviu Cr\u00e2znic<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nNeil Gaiman (n. 1960) este un scriitor britanic de literatur\u0103 fantastic\u0103, cunoscut mai ales pentru a sa <em>Pulbere de stele<\/em>, ecranizat\u0103 \u00een 2007 (\u00een rolurile principale evolu\u00e2nd actori precum Henry Cavill, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Jason Flemyng, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mark Strong \u015fi Peter O\u2019Toole).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<em>Zei americani<\/em> (<em>American Gods<\/em>; Ed. Paladin, 2014) este <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i158.photobucket.com\/albums\/t103\/egophobia\/43\/bookpic-5-zei-americani-97049_zpsnpxeiaak.jpg?resize=229%2C341\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"341\" align=\"right\" \/> un roman apar\u0163in\u00e2nd subspeciei literare a fantasticului \u00eentunecat (contemporan) \u2013 cu toate c\u0103 a c\u00e2\u015ftigat premii importante pentru \u201eCel mai bun roman SF\u201d, \u201eCel mai bun roman fantasy\u201d \u015fi \u201eCel mai bun roman horror\u201d \u2013, disponibil acum pe pia\u0163a rom\u00e2neasc\u0103 de carte \u00eentr-o variant\u0103 care constituie \u201eversiunea preferat\u0103 a autorului\u201d (revizuit\u0103 \u015fi semnificativ ad\u0103ugit\u0103), tradus\u0103 de cunoscutul \u015fi apreciatul scriitor rom\u00e2n Liviu Radu (traducerile asigurate de scriitori importan\u0163i sunt \u00eentotdeauna recomandabile, deoarece o adev\u0103rat\u0103 \u201etraducere\u201d \u00eenseamn\u0103, de fapt, \u201etraducere \u015fi adaptare\u201d \u2013 \u00een caz contrar, spiritul operei originale risc\u00e2nd s\u0103 se piard\u0103, \u00eentr-o mare m\u0103sur\u0103).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nPovestea urm\u0103re\u015fte aventurile stranii \u015fi tragice ale unui fost de\u0163inut numit Shadow (\u201eUmbr\u0103\u201d), prins f\u0103r\u0103 voia lui \u00eentr-un complot de propor\u0163ii \u015fi \u00eentr-o ciocnire epopeic\u0103 a dou\u0103 lumi: lumea vechilor zei, condu\u015fi de un oarecare Mr Wednesday (\u201eDomnul Miercuri\u201d \u2013 \u00een fapt, nimeni altul dec\u00e2t Odin, zeul nordic al r\u0103zboiului \u015fi al \u00een\u0163elepciunii), \u015fi lumea noilor zei americani \u2013 ai internetului, ai drogurilor, ai cazinourilor, ai televiziunii, ai tehnicii, sprijini\u0163i de reprezentan\u0163ii unei legende urbane moderne \u2013 \u201eoamenii \u00een negru\u201d. Manipulat de for\u0163e superioare, dar croindu-\u015fi totodat\u0103 propriul drum, Shadow str\u0103bate o Americ\u0103 complex\u0103 \u00eentr-o superb\u0103 c\u0103l\u0103torie ini\u0163iatic\u0103, ajung\u00e2nd astfel \u00een contact cu diverse \u015fi interesante mitologii (de apreciat documentarea vast\u0103 efectuat\u0103 de Neil Gaiman). Pe traseu, protagonistul c\u00e2\u015ftig\u0103 alia\u0163i neobi\u015fnui\u0163i \u015fi primejdio\u015fi, cum ar fi propria-i so\u0163ie necredincioas\u0103 \u015fi moart\u0103, acum \u00eentoars\u0103 printre cei vii pentru a-\u015fi r\u0103scump\u0103ra gre\u015felile \u015fi pentru a-\u015fi g\u0103si lini\u015ftea \u2013 cadavru ambulant \u00een continu\u0103 descompunere, purt\u00e2nd doar amintirea unor sentimente, paradoxal animat totu\u015fi de dorin\u0163a \u015fi de nevoia inexplicabile de a-l proteja cu orice pre\u0163 pe acela pe care \u00eel tr\u0103dase&#8230; \u015ei, \u00een fantasticul s\u0103u periplu, \u00eentr-o secven\u0163\u0103 apocrif\u0103, dincolo de sacrificiu \u015fi de reg\u0103sire de sine, Shadow \u00eel va \u00eent\u00e2lni chiar pe Iisus&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nUn plan secundar al nara\u0163iunii urm\u0103re\u015fte evolu\u0163ia unei comunit\u0103\u0163i aparent idilice, un loc de refugiu pentru Shadow, dar un loc care ascunde un teribil secret, nu \u00eentru totul lipsit de leg\u0103tur\u0103 cu evenimentele la care antieroul nostru particip\u0103: \u00een micul, lini\u015ftitul or\u0103\u015fel Lakeside, dispare c\u00e2te un copil \u00een fiecare an, iar localitatea r\u0103m\u00e2ne prosper\u0103 \u00een ciuda condi\u0163iilor economice vitrege care depopuleaz\u0103 sistematic celelalte localit\u0103\u0163i din zon\u0103&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<em>Zei americani<\/em> este, f\u0103r\u0103 \u00eendoial\u0103, un \u201eclasic\u201d, o bijuterie stilistic\u0103 plin\u0103 de informa\u0163ii \u015fi de \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103minte, captivant\u0103 de la prima p\u00e2n\u0103 la ultima pagin\u0103. Iar Neil Gaiman reprezint\u0103 unul dintre pu\u0163inii scriitori contemporani capabili s\u0103 ofere asemenea opere clasice \u015fi, totodat\u0103, s\u0103 rivalizeze cu Stephen King \u00een sfera literaturii negre. Prin urmare, <em>Ghidul cititorului de fantastic<\/em> \u00ee\u015fi face datoria \u015fi recomand\u0103 acest titlu: <em>de neratat<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ghidul cititorului de fantastic) de Oliviu Cr\u00e2znic &nbsp; Neil Gaiman (n. 1960) este un scriitor britanic de literatur\u0103 fantastic\u0103, cunoscut mai ales pentru a sa Pulbere de stele, ecranizat\u0103 \u00een 2007 (\u00een rolurile principale evolu\u00e2nd actori precum Henry Cavill, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Jason Flemyng, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mark Strong \u015fi Peter O\u2019Toole). 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