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Across the Nightingale Floorby Lian HearnISBN 0330446959 (0-330-44695-9)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Across the Nightingale Floor'Book summary:The debut novel of Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori series, Across the Nightingale Floor, is set in a feudal Japan on the edge of the imagination. The tale begins with young Takeo, a member of a subversive and persecuted religious group, who returns home to find his village in flames. He is saved, not by coincidence, by the swords of Lord Otori Shigeru and thrust into a world of warlords, feuding clans, and political scheming. As Lord Otori's ward, he discovers he is a member by birth of the shadowy "Tribe," a mysterious group of assassins with supernatural abilities.
Hearn sets his tale in an imaginary realm that is and isn't feudal Japan. This device serves the author well as he is able to play with familiar archetypes--samurai, Shogun, and ninja--without falling prey to the pitfalls of history. The novel fills a unique niche that is at once period piece and fantasy novel. Hearn unfolds the tale of Takeo and the conflicting forces around him in a deliberate manner that leads to a satisfying conclusion and sets the stage for the rest of the series. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
More editions of Across the Nightingale Floor:
- Across the Nightingale Floor: ISBN 0330446967 (0-330-44696-7)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan - Across the Nightingale Floor: ISBN 0330493345 (0-330-49334-5)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan - Across the Nightingale Floor: ISBN 0733604641 (0-7336-0464-1)
Softcover, Hachette Livre Australia - Across the Nightingale Floor: ISBN 033041528X (0-330-41528-X)
Hardcover, Pan Macmillan - Across the Nightingale Floor: ISBN 043512028X (0-435-12028-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt Education - Across the Nightingale Floor: ISBN 0330412981 (0-330-41298-1)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan - Across the Nightingale Floor: ISBN 0733615651 (0-7336-1565-1)
Softcover, Hachette Livre Australia - Across the Nightingale Floor: ISBN 0606280049 (0-606-28004-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Across the Nightingale Floor: ISBN 0733615627 (0-7336-1562-7)
Hardcover, Hachette Livre Australia - Across the Nightingale Floor: ISBN 0330446959 (0-330-44695-9)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
- Across the Nightingale Floor: ISBN 0330446967 (0-330-44696-7)
Across The Nightingale Floor: Episodes Twoby Lian HearnISBN 0142403245 (0-14-240324-5)
Softcover, Firebird
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Across the Nightingale Floor/Grass for his Pillow: Teen Reading Guidesby Lian HearnISBN 0330435671 (0-330-43567-1)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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Brilliance of the Moonby Lian HearnISBN 0330413503 (0-330-41350-3)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brilliance of the Moon'Book summary:Lian Hearn's third installment in the Tales of the Otori series Brilliance of the Moon brings a mystical and violent conclusion to the saga of Takeo Otori as he fulfills his destiny to reclaim the Otori lands. At the climax of Grass for his Pillow, Takeo's passion for his beloved Kaede was finally realized with their secret and forbidden wedding. As spring approaches, Takeo and Kaede prepare for war and embark on a campaign to reclaim their respective realms. But just when victory seems certain, Hearn characteristically uproots her characters with unseen treachery and the two lovers are again separated. Takeo must summon courage from his conflicted heritage as he marches towards his destiny. The fates of other Otori characters are also determined in a succinct and magical finale.
This third chapter in the Otori saga lives up its predecessors. Hearn's mythical ancient Japan is again brought to storybook life. Although the novel's climax comes suddenly and almost unexpectedly, the afterword hints at another tale to be told by the heirs of Kaede and Takeo's legendary rise. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
More editions of Brilliance of the Moon:
- Brilliance of the Moon: ISBN 0330426931 (0-330-42693-1)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan - Brilliance of the Moon: ISBN 0330446991 (0-330-44699-1)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan - Brilliance of the Moon: ISBN 0330447017 (0-330-44701-7)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan - Brilliance of the Moon: ISBN 0733615643 (0-7336-1564-3)
Hardcover, Hachette Livre Australia - Brilliance of the Moon: ISBN 0330433830 (0-330-43383-0)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan - Brilliance of the Moon: ISBN 060633467X (0-606-33467-X)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Brilliance of the Moon: ISBN 0330413503 (0-330-41350-3)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
- Brilliance of the Moon: ISBN 0330426931 (0-330-42693-1)
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Brilliance of the Moon: Battle for Marnyamaby Lian HearnISBN 0142405949 (0-14-240594-9)
Softcover, Firebird
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brilliance of the Moon: Battle for Marnyama'Book summary:When Kaede arrives at Shirakawa, she learns her sisters have been taken to Lord Fujiwaras houseand soon she too becomes a prisoner there. And neither Takeo nor Kaede know that Takeos old teacher, Muto Kenji, has grievances and schemes of his own. As Takeo and Kaede face disaster at the hands of their enemies, the forces of nature are also conspiring. Are Takeos skills of magic and his desire for revenge enough to outwit two armies? And will he and Kaede ever find a peaceful way to live their lives together? [via]
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Grass For His Pillowby Lian HearnISBN 0142404322 (0-14-240432-2)
Softcover, Firebird
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grass for His Pillow'Book summary:Lian Hearn's second novel in the Tales of the Otori, Grass For His Pillow continues to enrich and expand his mystical imaginings of feudal Japan. Picking up where Across the Nightingale Floor left off, Takeo fulfills his debt of honor and accepts his heritage as a member of the superhuman cabal of assassins known as "The Tribe," and is thus ingested into their plots. But his heart yearns for Kaede, his one true love, and secretly wishes to fulfill the final wishes of his adopted father, Otori Shigaru. Meanwhile, Kaede returns to her homeland to find her father's estate in ruin and her inheritance in jeopardy. The two each encounter vast political machinations and deadly consequences as they unconsciously move toward their overwhelming urges to reunite and defy (or perhaps embrace) fate.
Hearn's second book into the Tales of the Otori series is a more poignant tale than the first, painfully examining the lines between honor, duty, and love. With its calming and satisfying conclusion, the landscape of Hearn's mythical vision of Japan braces for a dazzling storm in the book to come. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
More editions of Grass For His Pillow:
- Grass for His Pillow: ISBN 0733615635 (0-7336-1563-5)
Hardcover, Hachette Livre Australia - Grass For His Pillow: ISBN 073361566X (0-7336-1566-X)
Softcover, Hodder - Grass For His Pillow: ISBN 0606312633 (0-606-31263-3)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Grass for His Pillow: ISBN 0142404322 (0-14-240432-2)
Softcover, Firebird
- Grass for His Pillow: ISBN 0733615635 (0-7336-1563-5)
Grass for His Pillow: Lord Fujiwara's Treasuresby Lian HearnISBN 0142404233 (0-14-240423-3)
Softcover, Firebird
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The Harsh Cry of the Heronby Lian HearnISBN 0330446320 (0-330-44632-0)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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Heaven's Net Is Wideby Lian HearnISBN 0330447459 (0-330-44745-9)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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Tales of the Otori Trilogyby Lian HearnISBN 0330440608 (0-330-44060-8)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales of the Otori Trilogy'Book summary:In a remote mountain village high in the lands of the Three Countries lives Takeo, a boy with the exceptional skills of the deadly Tribe preternatural hearing, the ability to be in two places at once and invisibility. But brought up among the peaceful Hidden, Takeo has yet to discover the dangerous potential of his own abilities. When his life is saved by the mysterious Lord Otori Shigeru, Takeo begins the journey that will lead him to his destiny. As Takeo grows from boy to man he must find a path through the complex loyalties that bind him to warring clans, the ruthless Tribe and the shadowy Hidden. At the same time, Kaede, a young heiress, must also find her way, using her intelligence and exquisite beauty to assert herself in a world of all-powerful men. For both it is a journey of revenge and treachery, honour and loyalty, beauty and magic and the overwhelming passion of love. [via]
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Tales of the Otori x24 Mixed Counterpackby Lian HearnISBN 0330447033 (0-330-44703-3)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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Suelo Del Ruisenor/across the Nightingale Floorby Lian HearnISBN 0606344489 (0-606-34448-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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