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Across the Nightingale Floor

Tales of the Otori, Book One

By Lian Hearn

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| Hardcover | 9781573222259

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Every now and then a novel appears, completely unlike anything that has appeared before. Across the Nightingale Floor is such a work-a magical creation of a world beyond time.

Set in an imaginary, ancient Japanese society dominated by warring clans, Across the Nightingale FloorContinue

Every now and then a novel appears, completely unlike anything that has appeared before. Across the Nightingale Floor is such a work-a magical creation of a world beyond time.

Set in an imaginary, ancient Japanese society dominated by warring clans, Across the Nightingale Floor is a story of a boy who is suddenly plucked from his life in a remote and peaceful village to find himself a pawn in a political scheme, filled with treacherous warlords, rivalry-and the intensity of first love. In a culture ruled by codes of honor and formal rituals, Takeo must look inside himself to discover the powers that will enable him to fulfill his destiny.

A work of transcendent storytelling with an appeal that crosses genres, genders, and generations, Across the Nightingale Floor is a rich and brilliantly constructed tale, mythic in its themes and epic in its vision. It is poised to become the most captivating novel of the year.

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  • Empire of the senses

    Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn 336pp, Macmillan, £12.99 Our own medieval feudal system was a relatively simple affair. Each stratum of society owed allegiance to the one above it, the king was at the top of the heap and a single religion ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • The Best Reviews: Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor - Tales of the Otori (Book One)

    "Tales of the Otori - Book One" "By the time the snow melted, Tomasu, the half-wild boy who roamed the mountain and read only its animals and planets, was gone forever. I had become Takeo, quiet, outwardly gentle, an artist, somewhat bookish, a disgu ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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