The Gospel of Loki, Joanne M. Harris
The Gospel of Loki, Joanne M. Harris
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The Gospel of Loki

Author: Joanne M. Harris

Narrator: Allan Corduner

Unabridged: 10 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/05/2015


Synopsis

“A surprise from the author of Chocolat,” New York Times bestselling author Joanne M. Harris, “this pacy adult fantasy is narrated by Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief” (Vogue).

This novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods—retold from the point of view of the world’s ultimate trickster, Loki. A #1 bestseller in the UK, The Gospel of Loki tells the story of Loki’s recruitment from the underworld of Chaos, his many exploits on behalf of his one-eyed master, Odin, through to his eventual betrayal of the gods and the fall of Asgard itself.

Using her lifelong passion for the Norse myths, New York Times bestseller Joanne M. Harris has created a vibrant and powerful fantasy novel that the Sunday Sun recommends “to her long-standing audience with wit, style, and obvious enjoyment;” The Sunday Times claims it “lively and fun;” and The Metro adds that “Harris has enormous fun with her antihero...this mythical bad boy should beguile fans of Neil Gaiman.”

About Joanne M. Harris

Joanne Harris is an Anglo-French author, whose books include fourteen novels, two cookbooks, and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magical realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology, and fantasy. In 2000, her 1999 novel Chocolat was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and in 2013 was awarded an MBE by the Queen. Her hobbies are listed in Who’s Who as “mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting, and quiet subversion.” She also spends too much time on Twitter, plays flute and bass guitar in a band first formed when she was sixteen, and works from a shed in her garden at her home in Yorkshire.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Blair

The first fantasy novel from Joanne Harris, The Gospel of Loki is a brilliantly entertaining retelling of Norse mythology. As the title suggests, it's all seen through the eyes of the god of mischief, Loki, who relates his own version of events in a wonderfully unpredictable, unreliable and humorous......more

Goodreads review by Liz

What do we have here? A whole lot of sarcasm, the most unreliable narrator of all time, an alternative view on the Norse mythology and a quite a lot of epicness in addition. As somebody who has to do a presentation on the "Prophecy of the Oracle" next week I couldn't have chosen a better book for th......more

Goodreads review by Metodi

Запознайте се с Локи - немирен, лукав и непостоянен, с трудно разбираеми мотиви и постъпки, всъщност дете на Хаоса първичен, непринадлежащ дори и малко на Асгард и боговете му. Неговият разказ не ще ви остави равнодушни, а скандинавската митология пречупена през погледа му, ще ви забавлява чак до Раг......more

Goodreads review by William

“Everyone has a weakness, and I make it my business to know them all” The Gospel of Loki is a fresh, unique, hilarious telling of the rise and fall of the Norse Gods from the perspective of the God of Mischief, Loki, who turns every tale into a witty, memorable experience. Unlike some other mythologi......more

Goodreads review by Cinda

I truly enjoyed this rewrite of the Edda from the point of view of Loki. So, shoot me. I've always been a fan of the antihero. While I cannot approve of everything that Loki did, he comes off the page as genuinely sympathetic and, dare I say -- human? The fact is, nobody in the Norse pantheon of god......more