Takeo wants revenge on lora iida because he slaughtered takeos people and family for no particular reason. Across the nightingale floor by gillian rubinstein librarything. In his blackwalled fortress at inuyama, the warlord iida sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Across the nightingale floor is a historical fantasy novel and the first book in the tales of otori series. This is an entertaining historical fantasy that does nearly everything right. Across the nightingale floor across the nightingale floor has been following me for a long time. The story centers around the life of the main protagonist takeo known at the beginning of the book as tomasu and is characterised by many traits from japans past customs, samurai, ninjas, clothing, food, feudal hierarchy etc. Across the nightingale floor tales of the otori by hearn, lian 02 april 2004. I loved my inner picture of how takeo was view spoiler dancing elegantly over the nightingale floor hide spoiler. Dec 07, 2011 across the nightingale floor fanmade kenichi ebina performs an epic matrix style martial arts dance americas got talent duration. The pageturning tale begins with a boy named tomasu whosevillage is attacked by idia. The magic of enhanced senses was beautiful and very appropriate to the setting. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Across the nightingale floor background gradesaver. Jan 12, 2017 across the nightingale floor by lian hearn, 9781509837809, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Oct 23, 2019 across the nightingale floor by lian hearn riverhead books, 2002. Across the nightingale floor is such a worka magical creation of a world beyond time. Across the nightingale floor the international bestseller a journey of revenge and treachery, honour and loyalty, beauty and passion, which does for medieval japan what game of thrones does for medieval europe. Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn goodreads. Across the nightingale floor fanmade kenichi ebina performs an epic matrix style martial arts dance americas got talent duration. Across the nightingale floor is a lyrical and bittersweet tale set in a fantasymedieval, feudal japan. In an imaginary country strongly reminiscent of feudal japan, young tomasu was raised as a member of a peaceful mountain tribe called the hidden. In his blackwalled fortress at inuyama, the murderous warlord, iida sadamu, surveys his famous nightingale floor. I absolutely loved the fact it could affect my emotions and i found it so difficult to set down.
Normally a bad book is just that, but this book is actually infuriatingly bad. Sep 14, 2002 across the nightingale floor by lian hearn 336pp, macmillan. Across the nightingale floor across the nightingale floor audiobook, by lian hearn. Across the nightingale floor audiobook listen instantly. 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, rivalryand the intensity of first love. Across the nightingale floor tales of the otori, band 1. It picks up right after the first part ends, and serves as acts two and three of the book. Sixteenyearold takeos village has been massacred by an evil warlord, and he is about to be slain by the men who murdered his. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. All about across the nightingale floor by gillian rubinstein. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Across the nightingale floor tales of the otori, book 1.
Across the nightingale floor tales of the otori, book 1 lian hearn. Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn, 9781509837809, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Aug 21, 2010 across the nightingale floor paperback. A lifelong interest in japan led to the study of the japanese language and many trips to japan, and has culminated in the writing of across the nightingale floor.
The novel explores themes such as family legacies, family pressure and revenge. Set in a mythical, feudal, japanese land, a world both beautiful and cruel, the intense love story of two young people takes place against a background of warring clans, secret alliances, high honour and lightning swordplay. Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn, 9781565117105, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Click to read more about across the nightingale floor by gillian rubinstein. The novel follows the protagonist, a young warrior named tomasu who later becomes takeo. Satisfied download across the nightingale floor tales of.
Shigeru wants revenge on iida because iida killed his brother. Dont miss the related series, the tale of shikanoko. This australian author of many awardwinning childrens novels in fact, gillian rubinstein has now with much fanfare. Across the nightingale floor lian hearns books were the first i actually read from start to finish with complete anticipation the whole way through. Mythical medieval japan never seemed so attractive as in this breezy epic, the first in a trilogy, about a boy with strange powers who gets caught up in a longsimmering interclan conflict. A society of rigid castes and codes subverted by love. Fourteen years since its initial publication, across the nightingale floor is a calm, measured book.
Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn, 9781573223324, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Our own medieval feudal system was a relatively simple affair. Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn pan macmillan. An ancient tradition undermined by spies and assassins. Across the nightingale floor is set in a fictional feudal system, and follows the story of a sixteenyearold boy named tomasu and fifteenyearold girl named kaede. Lian hearn a pseudonym studied modern languages at oxford university and work as a film critic and arts editor in london before settling in australia. Across the nightingale floor tellsa compelling story and is by far one of my favorite books of alltime. Across the nightingale floor by gillian rubinstein. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. The across the nightingale floor community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading across the nightingale floor. Across the nightingale floor book to film adaptations. Across the nightingale floor begins as sixteenyearold tomasu, who was brn into a persecuted religious sect called the hidden, returns from walking in the mountains to find that his family has been slaughtered. Tales of the otori book one kindle edition by hearn, lian. 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. Across the nightingale floor it is an actionfantasy story set on a set of islands which closely resemble feudal japan. Across the nightingale floor won the 2004 deutscher jugendliterturpreis award for outstanding childrens literature in germany. Nov 26, 2008 my first read was across the nightingale floor by lian hearn. Synopsis lian hearns stunningly powerful bestseller, across the nightingale floor, is an epic story for readers young and old.
Read across the nightingale floor 2002 online free. The first book in a stunning trilogy of historicalfantasy novels following takeo, orphaned when a warlord massacres his village. Jun 28, 2018 and let me tell you, this book demonstrates that same understanding. Its great to have read this book just after finishing of other worlds, and in particular the essay on stories, by c. Lian hearns stunningly powerful bestseller, across the nightingale floor, is an epic story for readers young and old. A stunning prequel to the tales of the otori series that began with across the nightingale floor, the mystical world of an ancient, feudal japan, which does for medieval japan what game of thrones does for medieval europe. It is the 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. May 01, 2005 journey to inuyama is the second part of across the nightingale floor, the first book in hearns five book fantasy story set in an alternate feudal japan. Tomasu, a member of the hidden by birth, returns from exploring the mountains to find members of his family slaughtered. Across the nightingale floor blew me away with how well it captured the essence of japan, and its knowledge concerning the japanese psyche.
Aug, 2012 the most important themes in the book across the nightingale floor are revenge, loyalty and search for identity. Mark robson ninjas, dragons and dodgy internet dates. Across the nightingale floor is the first book in the trilogy know as tales of the otori written by english born australian writer, lian hearn real name gillian rubinstein. Each stratum of society owed allegiance to the one above it. The first volume in the highly anticipated tales of the otori trilogy. Already a sensation around the world, this first book of the otori trilogy is a brilliantly imagined, wholly seductive tale of war, passion, and intrigue, evoking the spirit of medieval japan. Its the kind of fantasy unconcerned with frenetic plotting and frequent action, preferring to channel its energy into developing compelling characters, multifaceted politics and a sprawling world inspired by the real feudal japan. It draws inspiration from japanese literary classics, such as the tale of the heike and the pillow book. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide.
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