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Hearn, Lian Across the Nightingale Floor
New York, NY, U.S.A. Riverhead Books/G.P.Putnam & Sons 2002 1-57322-225-9 / 9781573222259 1st Edition. 1st Impression. Hard Cover New New
This is a thoroughly entertaining and beautifully written novel. It was first brought to my attention by a review in Book magazine. Classified as either young adult or fantasy (depending on the reviews), I thought it was neither. I am far from my 'young adult' years and there are no trolls, dragons, wizards or witches; no hobbits nor elves; not even, as the September 2002 issue of Locus magazine review of the book may suggest, magic. It is an adventure; a coming of age story taking place in the likes of feudal Japan. As is the author's name, Across the Nightingale Floor is simply fiction. Perhaps borderline Speculative Fiction, and perhaps not so simple. The only magiks are those of the Tribe, a secret sect who now hire themselves out assassins to the highest bidder. This is a wonderful read. Hearn's prose is compact yet extremely visual. You can set the book aside, reluctantly, for a few days, return to it and the entire story leaps back to mind and imagination. There is hardly a single paragraph that does not elicit a dramatic image. I marveled at Hearn's ability as a writer to conjure such images so vividly. I will not reveal any of the storyline, but suffice it to say Across the Nightingale Floor was very satisfying. The conclusion was complete, though surprising, and enough 'loose ends' remain to make me wait for the next installment as soon as it comes out. R.D.Kedd. A.B.Normal Books. From The Critics Publishing News It has a magical quality and the power of the story is truly awesome. Publisher's Weekly Mystical powers and martial arts rampage through this pseudo-Japanese story, the first of a projected trilogy by newcomer Hearn, with an abandon that's head spinning. From the entrance of the 16-year-old hero, Takeo, as he is about to be swatted down by a mounted horseman and the way he can become invisible or make a duplicate of himself when he needs to, to the head-rolling decapitations that follow interminably, the impossible becomes the semiplausible. Takeo, who joins the Otori clan, is a religious outcast, and also, surprisingly, a member of "the Tribe," a secretive race that has unusual mental and physical powers that lend them an unworldly air. Takeo learns how to control his burgeoning talents just in time to avenge the death of his mentor, while politics and clan rivalries lead to an increasing amount of graphic bloodshed. Takeo enjoys a few blissful moments with the fetching Lady Kaede Shirakawa but, unfortunately, she is not destined to be his, now or in the future. For fans of Japanese samurai warrior fantasy, this novel is right in the ballpark, filled with swords, clan in-fighting, love affairs, invisibility and magical Ninja powers. However, for those looking for something with a bit of depth, the author tends to gloss over the details of why and how. Takeo learns the craft of the Tribe offstage and all the political maneuvering that goes into the clan warfare is rather murky. Hopefully, the next book will show what Hearn is really capable of. (Sept. 2) Forecast: With movie rights sold to Universal Studios and foreign rights sold in 11 countries, this one seems a sure bet for genre bestseller lists. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information. Library Journal Born as one of the Hidden, a pacifistic group opposed to any sort of violence, Takeo meets brutality head-on when a local warlord destroys his villages and murders his family. Rescued by a rival warlord, Takeo becomes the adopted son of Lord Shigeru and learns of his true heritage as one of the Tribe, a clan of assassins with supernatural powers. When his adopted father becomes the victim of treachery, Takeo faces a choice between loyalty to his past and to his new and perilous future. This first novel, a series opener, brings a fantasy Japan to vivid life with a minimum of frills. A good addition to most fantasy collections. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/1/02.] Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information. School Library Journal Adult/High School-Fleeing the slaughter of his village and pursued by Lord Iidu's warriors, Tomasu, 16, expects to die. Raised among the Hidden, he is forbidden to kill and is expected to forgive his enemies, tenets he sets aside in favor of revenge. When Otori Shigeru steps into his path, Tomasu thinks the worst; instead Shigeru kills one pursuer and seriously wounds another. Given the name Takeo by Shigeru, the grieving teen gives up speaking for a time and finds that his hearing becomes preternaturally sharp. Other strange abilities manifest themselves as well, marking him as a member of the Tribe, five families resembling ninjas. Shigeru also desires revenge upon Iidu for the loss of much of the Otori ancestral lands and the death of his younger brother. Takeo allies himself with Shigeru and accepts formal adoption. Meanwhile, Lady Shirakawa Kaede, tarnished with a reputation for bringing death to men, is contracted to marry Shigeru. These story lines converge just as Takeo's life begins to fly apart. His situation is complicated, and his unique talents and background mark him as a hero of epic proportions. Although much about this tale seems to place it in feudal Japan, Hearn states that this is an imaginary country. In this riveting first entry in a trilogy, all major characters are introduced and the various conflicts defined, but readers will have to wait for future volumes to reach the final resolution. This book should be popular with many readers, not just those who admire well-written and intriguing fantasy.-Jody Sharp, Harford County Public Library, MD Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information. Kirkus Reviews 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 long-simmering inter-clan conflict. The village is doomed, but British-born newcomer Hearn still makes you care about it and its inhabitants. In a preface, he admits using "echoes of Japanese customs and traditions" as he sets his action in a resolutely imaginary country where warring clans battle for supremacy. The village in question is in Dairyo country, ruled by Iida Sadamu, a devil in warrior's garb, and many of the villagers belong to a secretive, Christian-like cult called The Hidden, which has aroused Iida's wrath with its subversive talk of kindness. When Iida shows up to destroy the village, 16-year-old Takeo is wandering in the hills, though even then he would have been killed by Iida's soldiers if it hadn't been for the fortunate appearance of Shigeru, a lord of the Dairyo's rival clan, the Otori, who was doing some wandering of his own and demonstrated his handy way with a sword. Shigeru spirits the traumatized boy back to Otori lands and adopts him after noting a strong resemblance between Takeo and his own late brother. It's also revealed that Takeo is a member of an ancient clan of pseudo-magical beings with sorcerous ninja-like powers-useful during an assassination attempt on Shigeru. A secondary storyline follows 15-year-old Kaeda, who, since childhood, has been held hostage by an overlord who wants to keep her father, a less powerful lord, in check. Once a marriage is arranged for her to help cement a political alliance, her path and Takeo's wind closer and closer together in a complex plot that Hearn carries usthrough with the greatest of ease. What could have been a Shogun-like exercise in bloat becomes a rousingly muscular piece of romantic adventure, replete with shadowy assassins, fluttering battle flags, and doomed love. Film rights to Universal
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Hearn, Lian Across the Nightingale Floor
New York, New York, U.S.A. Riverhead Books 2002 1573222259 / 9781573222259 1st Edition, 1st Impression Hard Cover As New As New
New in new DJ protected by Brodart dj cover. 1st in series 'Tales of the Otori'. 'Lian Hearn' is pseudonym for Gillian Rubenstein, British-born Australian writer.
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Hearn, Lian Across the Nightingale Floor
New York, New York, U.S.A. Riverhead Books 2002 1573222259 / 9781573222259 1st Edition, 1st Impression Trade Paperback Fine
Uncorrected proof in trade paper format with color wraps. 1st in series 'Tales of the Otori'. 'Lian Hearn' is pseudonym for Gillian Rubenstein, British-born Australian writer.
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Hearn, Lian Grass for His Pillow
New York, New York, U.S.A. Riverhead Books 2003 1573222518 / 9781573222518 1st Edition, 1st Impression Hard Cover As New As New
New in new DJ. 2nd in series 'Tales of the Otori'. Dust jacket covered with Brodart 'just-a-fold' 1.5 mil jacket.
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Hearn, Lian Grass for His Pillow
New York, New York, U.S.A. Riverhead Books 2003 1573222518 / 9781573222518 1st Edition, 1st Impression Trade Paperback As New Advanced Reading Copy (ARC)
Uncorrected proof in trade paper format with color wraps. 2nd in series 'Tales of the Otori'. 'Lian Hearn' is pseudonym for Gillian Rubenstein, British-born Australian writer. Second book of the Tales of the Otori.
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