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Dieux Américains

Neil Gaiman

In Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel American Gods, Shadow Moon is released from prison and takes a job as a bodyguard for the charismatic Wednesday, who turns out to be the Norse god Odin. Together, they travel across America, rallying old immigrant deities—weakened by a lack of believers—to confront the “new gods” born of technology, media, and finance. Along the way, Shadow is drawn into a mythical conflict that blends folklore, pop culture, and a reflection on American identity, faith, and the power of storytelling.

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barreaux / bɑ.ʁo /noun

bars

Shadow avait vécu derrière des murs froids et des barreaux métalliques.

Shadow had lived behind cold walls and metal bars.

prisongrille

apparaissait / ap.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ /verb

appeared

Une créature lui apparaissait encore et encore.

A buffalo-headed creature appeared to him again and again.

donnaient / dɔ.nɛ /verb

were giving

Elles lui donnaient de l'espoir.

They were giving him hope.

semblait / sɑ̃.blɛ /verb

seemed

le temps semblait s'écouler plus lentement

time seemed to pass more slowly

tenir / tə.niʁ /verb

hold on

Ce qui le faisait tenir, c'était la pensée de sa femme Laura.

What made him hold on was the thought of his wife Laura.

vécu / vekʏ /verb

experienced

Après tout ce que Shadow avait vu et vécu, la profondeur du mensonge le surprit encore.

After all that Shadow had seen and experienced, the depth of the lie still surprised him.

la voix / la vwa /noun

voice

sa voix au téléphone

his voice on the phone

les métalliques / le me.ta.lik /adjective

metal

derrière des murs froids et des barreaux métalliques

behind cold walls and metal bars

métalferreux

purgeant / pyʁ.ʒɑ̃ /verb

serving

Shadow avait vécu derrière des murs froids et des barreaux métalliques, purgeant une peine.

Shadow had lived behind cold walls and metal bars, serving a sentence.

exécutersatisfaire à

s'écouler / s‿ekule /verb

to pass

le temps semblait s'écouler plus lentement

time seemed to pass more slowly

passerfuir

cartes / kat /noun

maps

des endroits étranges qui n'apparaissaient pas sur les cartes habituelles

strange places that did not appear on the usual maps

la peine / la peːn /noun

sentence

purgeant une peine dans une prison

serving a sentence in prison

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