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Across the nightingale floor plot summary.
Tales of the otori is a series of historical fantasy novels by gillian rubinstein writing under the pen name lian hearn set in a fictional world based on feudal japan the series initially consisted of a trilogy.
It s main weakness is the ridiculousness of the love at first sight.
Tomasu a member of the hidden by birth returns from exploring the mountains to find members of his family slaughtered.
Every now and then a novel appears completely unlike anything that has appeared before.
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.
Across the nightingale floor 2002 grass for his pillow 2003 and brilliance of the moon 2004.
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It makes the characters seem a bit shallow.
I listened to this book on cd.
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Across the nightingale floor has a beautiful concise writing style good characterization fast pace and interesting plot.
Across the nightingale floor is set in a fictional world based on japan during the sengoku period and follows the story of a sixteen year old boy named tomasu and fifteen year old girl named kaede.
Across the nightingale floor is such a work a magical creation of a world beyond time.