Across the Nightingale Floor
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Book Description
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 c... More
Book Information
Publisher | Heinemann-Educational |
Binding | Hardcover (24 editions) |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | N/A |
ISBN-10 | 043512028X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0435120283 |
Publication Date | 02/22/2005 |
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2/28/2008 Marta Dorigo said: This series got me hook from the beginning - it struck me immediately how English language is bend towards translated-from-Japanese English. Also if I notice that there are elements of anglo-saxon mythology, I appreciate the general setting, a fantasy in "ancient Japan" for a change.
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