Across The Nightingale Floor (Book 1 Tales Of The Otori Ser)
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Description:
'The most compelling novel to have been published this year' - Amanda Craig, 'Observer'. In his palace at Inuyama, Lord Iida Sadamu, warlord of the Tohan clan, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Its surface sings at the tread of every human foot, and no assassin can cross it. But 16-year-old Otori Takeo, his family murdered by Iida's warriors, has the magical skills of the ...
'The most compelling novel to have been published this year' - Amanda Craig, 'Observer'. In his palace at Inuyama, Lord Iida Sadamu, warlord of the Tohan clan, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Its surface sings at the tread of every human foot, and no assassin can cross it. But 16-year-old Otori Takeo, his family murdered by Iida's warriors, has the magical skills of the ...
Description:
'The most compelling novel to have been published this year' - Amanda Craig, 'Observer'. In his palace at Inuyama, Lord Iida Sadamu, warlord of the Tohan clan, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Its surface sings at the tread of every human foot, and no assassin can cross it. But 16-year-old Otori Takeo, his family murdered by Iida's warriors, has the magical skills of the Tribe - preternatural hearing, invisibility, a second self - that enable him to enter the lair of the Tohan. He has love in his heart and death at his fingertips...The stunningly powerful bestseller, 'Across the Nightingale Floor', is an epic story for readers young and old. 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.
Review:
'The most compelling novel to have been published this year' Amanda Craig, Observer
Prizes:
Shortlisted for LA Carnegie Medal 2003.
Shortlisted for Nielsen BookData/ABA Book of the Year Award 2002.
Shortlisted for Carnegie Medal 2003.
Shortlisted for WHSmith Book Awards (Children's Book of the Year) 2003.
Author Biography:
Lian Hearn was born in England and later selfled in South Australia with three children who are now all grown-up. She has a lifelong interest in Japan and speaks Japanese
'The most compelling novel to have been published this year' - Amanda Craig, 'Observer'. In his palace at Inuyama, Lord Iida Sadamu, warlord of the Tohan clan, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Its surface sings at the tread of every human foot, and no assassin can cross it. But 16-year-old Otori Takeo, his family murdered by Iida's warriors, has the magical skills of the Tribe - preternatural hearing, invisibility, a second self - that enable him to enter the lair of the Tohan. He has love in his heart and death at his fingertips...The stunningly powerful bestseller, 'Across the Nightingale Floor', is an epic story for readers young and old. 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.
Review:
'The most compelling novel to have been published this year' Amanda Craig, Observer
Prizes:
Shortlisted for LA Carnegie Medal 2003.
Shortlisted for Nielsen BookData/ABA Book of the Year Award 2002.
Shortlisted for Carnegie Medal 2003.
Shortlisted for WHSmith Book Awards (Children's Book of the Year) 2003.
Author Biography:
Lian Hearn was born in England and later selfled in South Australia with three children who are now all grown-up. She has a lifelong interest in Japan and speaks Japanese
| Autor | Hearn, Lian |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 2003 |
| Kirjastus | Pan Macmillan |
| Köide | Pehmekaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 240 |
| Pikkus | 197 |
| Laius | 197 |
| Keel | English |
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