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| Title | : | Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori #1) |
| Author | : | Lian Hearn |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 305 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2002 by Riverhead Books |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Young Adult |
Lian Hearn
Paperback | Pages: 305 pages Rating: 4.06 | 34497 Users | 2021 Reviews
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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 floor—and to his own unimaginable destiny...
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| Original Title: | Across the Nightingale Floor |
| ISBN: | 1573223328 (ISBN13: 9781573223324) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Tales of the Otori #1 |
| Characters: | Otori Takeo, Lord Iida |
| Literary Awards: | Wirral Paperback of the Year (2004), Peter Pan Award, Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2004), Lincoln Award Nominee (2007), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2002) La Nuit du Livre for Littérature (2003) |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 34497 Users | 2021 ReviewsJudge Containing Books Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori #1)
A great series about ancient Japan with its samurais and their conduct codes, ninja-like fighters, Christians' persecutions; it has political scheming, interesting twists and turns, intriguing liaisons between characters, sword fights, love, treachery, friendship. The characters are well-developed, complex, with inner turmoil and weaknesses.The only thing that disappointed me was the romance element, exaggerated a tad too much in my opinion: when she first laid eyes on him, she started4.5 starsA great read with some beautiful prose. The setting was utterly Japanese without actually being set in Japan (it's an imaginary Japanese-inspired country, with constructs from the Edo/Tokugawa period) and the author pulled it off marvelously. My only real beef (and it's a tiny one) was near the ending of the novel. Since our protag and narrator is (view spoiler)[ essentially taken off board for the crisis-point in the book, we get to find out about Lord Otori's fate essentially after
There are certain books which have an intricate story, fast-paced, with a fascinating plot but then was I retaining of that? Was I understanding anything?Nah. In the first 3 pages along, we get to meet the character, know a bit about his childhood and we are expected to empathize with them the rest of the book because the village was blown up? How? I was just not able to connect with the story or the characters :(
I was protesting the Chinese food place down the block today. It's ridiculous. None of their offered cuisine is truly Chinese. If I want to eat American I'll go to Pizza Hut, thank you very much. If that wasn't bad enough I later had lunch at the restaurant next door. They had these little cookies. If you break open the cookies there's a piece of paper that pops out with a message of something that might happen to you. This time I didn't eat the paper first and read what it said. "The Tales of
3.5⭐A great potential wasted on nonsensical romance between two raging hormones. This was a fantastic read minus that painful insta-love that literally developed the very moment the two laid eyes on one another. At the very least learn each others fucking names first!
This is a light Feudal Japanese fantasy that focuses heavily on growing up to be an assassin, trembling with desire and love, and reveals that drive the main character to dire measures.Does most of this sound familiar in YA fiction? It should. :)Fortunately, I enjoy light Feudal Japanese fantasies... NARUTO!!! and while this is fairly light on the magic, (sorry, Naruto fans,) the writing is comfortable and predictable and I can firmly put this in the comfort-food category of literature.Special
This is a weird book for anyone who has more than a passing knowledge of Japan.The author is a great fan of Japan, its culture and its history. That's obvious just by looking at her name, Lian Hearn, which is a pseudonym. According to Wikipedia, it's a contraction of "heron," an important bird in the Tales of the Otori series, but it's also the surname of one of the most famous Western experts on Japan, Lafcadio Hearn. She's gone to great lengths to instill Japanese culture into every part of
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