Across The Nightingale Floor Blurb

Across the nightingale floor blurb.

Across the nightingale floor blurb.

An ancient tradition undermined by spies and assassins. Across the nightingale floor is a lyrical and bittersweet tale set in a fantasy medieval feudal japan. Each stratum of society owed allegiance to the one above it. In his black walled fortress at inuyama the warlord iida sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor.

Across the nightingale floor is set in a fictional world based on japan during the sengoku period and follows the story of a sixteen year old boy named tomasu and fifteen year old girl named kaede. The first volume in the highly anticipated tales of the otori trilogy. A tour de force novel set in ancient japan filled with passion fantasy and feuding warlords. Tomasu a member of the hidden by birth returns from exploring the mountains to find members of his family slaughtered.

A society of rigid castes and codes subverted by love. The magic of enhanced senses was beautiful and very appropriate to the setting. Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn 336pp macmillan 12 99. An international bestseller across the nightingale floor is the first book in the tales of the otori series by lian hearn don t miss the related series the tale of shikanoko.

Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn publisher. A land of incomparable beauty torn by civil war. The first book in a stunning trilogy of historical fantasy novels following takeo orphaned when a warlord massacres his village.