The Hidden Across The Nightingale Floor

An ancient tradition undermined by spies and assassins.

The hidden across the nightingale floor. About across the nightingale floor. A land of incomparable beauty torn by civil war. I loved my inner picture of how takeo was view spoiler dancing elegantly over the nightingale floor hide spoiler. In his black walled fortress at inuyama the warlord iida sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor.

Across the nightingale floor won the 2004 deutscher jugendliterturpreis award for outstanding children s literature in germany. The magic of enhanced senses was beautiful and very appropriate to the setting. Each stratum of society owed allegiance to the one above it. An international bestseller across the nightingale floor is the first book in the tales of the otori series by lian hearn don t miss the related series the tale of shikanoko.

Born tomasu as a member of the hidden his name is later changed to takeo. 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. In his black walled fortress at inuyama the warlord iida sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Our own medieval feudal system was a relatively simple affair.

The across the nightingale floor community note includes chapter by chapter summary and analysis character list theme list historical context author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Across the nightingale floor is a lyrical and bittersweet tale set in a fantasy medieval feudal japan. Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn 336pp macmillan 12 99. Across the nightingale floor.

An international bestseller across the nightingale floor is the first book in the tales of the otori series by lian hearn don t miss the related series the tale of shikanoko. A society of rigid castes and codes subverted by love. Tomasu a member of the hidden by birth returns from exploring the mountains to find members of his family slaughtered. Takeo is raised among the hidden whose beliefs forbid them to kill.