false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255588430m/77160.jpg 77160 49 The debut novel of Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori series, <I>Across the Nightingale Floor</I>, 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 clans, and political scheming. As Lord Otori's ward, he discovers he is a member by birth of the shadowy "Tribe," a mysterious group of assassins with supernatural abilities. <p> Hearn sets his tale in an imaginary realm that is and isn't feudal Japan. This device serves the author well as he is able to play with familiar archetypes--samurai, Shogun, and ninja--without falling prey to the pitfalls of history. The novel fills a unique niche that is at once period piece and fantasy novel. Hearn unfolds the tale of Takeo and the conflicting forces around him in a deliberate manner that leads to a satisfying conclusion and sets the stage for the rest of the series. <I>--Jeremy Pugh</I> 161332 book 2002 Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book 1) total:2986|5:981|4:1249|3:590|2:139|1:27| 2986 11976 3892 371 3 5 false false Tue Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 31 06:36:41 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 06:21:23 -0800 2008
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," a...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 02 18:40:19 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 07:16:59 -0800 2009 Dimana takeo bertemu dengan lord otori (shigeru), diangkat anak dan bagaimana takeo yang ternyata merupakan keturunan kikuta memiliki kemampuan untuk membalaskan dendam lord otori shigeru dengan membunuh lord iida... Ceritanya bagus menarik banget, dulu sampai ga sabar nung...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 12:05:25 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 27 07:58:51 -0700 2009
I was so caught up in the fantastic descriptions and places that I wasn't even thinking as much ab...more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 19:36:30 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 16:00:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 01:40:49 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 01:59:33 -0700 2009 Buku I ini menceritakan tentang ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Aug 11 18:31:50 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 19:28:43 -0700 2009
Firstly, it's a fantasy book set in feudal Japan. That's fine. I would think that it being set in Japan, Hearn would have l...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 14 09:35:02 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 09:36:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 11:00:09 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 11:04:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 01:20:05 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 01:20:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 16:31:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 19:22:21 -0700 2009
It's a story we've all heard variations of before, except that it's been handled much better in other iterations. The novel reads like it was written for middle-school students (maybe it was?) and feels so elementary in its execution ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 11:48:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 12:01:09 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 18:30:29 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 18:41:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 01:14:21 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 20:50:13 -0800 2008
The first couple chapters of this really grabbed me: teenage Takeo returns from wandering the hills to discover that everyone in...more...]]> 1 0 false true Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 06:16:16 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 07:50:56 -0700 2009
Plodding plot: At least one third of the book seemed to be taken up with characters moving from one part of the country to another without much action or plot development. The rest of the book bu...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 22 21:15:11 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 21:51:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 31 07:55:01 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 07:55:34 -0700 2009
Warning about the audiobook: I listened to this book on CD. T...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 13:41:52 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 06:59:58 -0700 2009 My main complaint was that I often felt the author was more intereste...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 29 12:00:30 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 12:09:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Jul 23 07:19:53 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 10:54:14 -0700 2008 2 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Nov 09 02:32:36 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 02:33:04 -0800 2009
Enter a young man with special talents, brought up by a reclusive group in the mountains...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=77160