Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori Book One Paperback - 2003
by Lian Hearn
Set in an engaging, alternate Japan, this first book in a new epic trilogy has already become a bestselling sensation in England and Australia, earning comparisons to "Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." It begins with legend of a nightingale floor in a black-walled fortress--a floor that sings in alarm at the step of an assassin.
Summary
In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard.
The youth Takeo has been brought up in a remote mountain village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people who have taught him only the ways of peace. But unbeknownst to him, his father was a celebrated assassin and a member of the Tribe, an ancient network of families with extraordinary, preternatural skills. When Takeo's village is pillaged, he is rescued and adopted by the mysterious Lord Otori Shigeru. Under the tutelage of Shigeru, he learns that he too possesses the skills of the Tribe. And, with this knowledge, he embarks on a journey that will lead him across the famed nightingale floorand to his own unimaginable destiny...
An international bestseller, Across the Nightingale Floor is the first book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn.
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- Title Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori Book One
- Author Lian Hearn
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2003-06-03
- Features Maps
- ISBN 9781573223324 / 1573223328
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.16 x 0.91 in (20.32 x 13.11 x 2.31 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 840
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Japan
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
"The most compelling novel to have been published this year."The Times (London)
"The most extraordinary novel...The passion and rapture of this story is so compelling that it's almost worth delaying your holiday for."The Independent on Sunday (UK)
"Complex...fast-paced, arousing adventure reminiscent of Arthurian legend that's told with all the urgency of a modern-day thriller."Book Magazine
"Across the Nightingale Floor is as exciting a debut as any in recent yearspart Shogun, part Lord of the Flies and entirely enchanting."Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Citations
- Booksense '76 Sep/Oct 2003, 09/01/2003, Page 1
- Kliatt, 09/01/2003, Page 24
- New York Times, 06/15/2003, Page 20
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