Romanen utspelar sig under en fiktiv japansk feodal medeltid. Huvudpersonen, Takeo, är 15 år när hans fredliga bergsby blir anfallen av samurajer. Som av en slump blir han räddad av en märklig vandrare som tar honom under sina vingars beskydd. Det visar sig vara en krigsherre från en rivaliser[...]
Sagan om klanen Otori, del två. De två huvudpersonerna från "Över näktergalens golv", Takeo och Kaede, är ännu bara tonåringar, men de har varit med om händelser som förändrat deras liv totalt. Deras kärlek till varandra är obetvinglig. Ändå väljer Takeo att hålla sitt löfte till S[...]
Den tredje och sista delen av "Sagan om klanen Otori " är gastkramande! Lian Hearn fullkomligt trollbinder läsaren med sitt bländande språk och en berättelse vars drivkraft är urstark. Det finns risk för nattlig sträckläsning och boksmälla dagen efter, för när man väl börjat läsa Unde[...]
?Sagan om klanen Otori? av Lian Hearn har gjort ett formidabelt segertåg över världen. Recensenter och läsare har varit eniga i sina lovord över trilogin som inleddes med ?Över näktergalens golv? som utkom på svenska 2003. Samma år på hösten kom också bok nummer två ?På kudde av gräs?[...]
Den medeltida japanska bergsbyn anfalls av våldsamma samurajer. Byn förblöder, men som av en slump undkommer den 15-årige Takeo blodbadet. En märklig vandrare tar pojken under sitt beskydd, och där kan en fantastisk resa börja. En inre resa under vilken pojken utvecklas till man, och en yttre[...]
Every now and then a novel appears, completely unlike anything that has appeared before. Across the Nightingale Floor is such a work-a magical creation of a world beyond time.
Set in an imaginary, ancient Japanese society dominated by warring clans, Across the Nightingale Floor is a stor[...]
In the third volume of the phenomenal series that began with the best-selling ACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR and then GRASS FOR HIS PILLOW, the teenage lovers, Takeo and Kaede, are now married. But their destinies are determined by forces beyond their control. Takeo leads an army into battle, and Kaed[...]
Set in a mythical, feudal Japanese land, a world both beautiful and cruel, this intense love story of two young people takes place against a background of warring clans, famine and treacherous alliances.[...]
In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord, Iida Sadamu, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard. Brought up in a remote mountain village among the Hidden, a reclusive and s[...]
'Their realm is held in balance by their union ...Break that union and the Three Countries will fall apart.' Otori Takeo and Kaede have ruled the Three Countries peacefully for over sixteen years, following the events laid out in the epic Tales of the Otori. They have three daughters: Shigeko, fifte[...]
The Middle Country, home of the Otori clan is ruled by a benign but weak leader while in the East, the warrior-like Tohan are gathering power. On the plain of Yaegahara the clans clash in a bloody battle that leaves Otori Shigeru desperate for vengeance. Meanwhile, in a remote mountain village, a bo[...]
Japan, 1857. For centuries Japan has been on its own; isolated by choice from the rest of the world. But the Western powers are now at its shores demanding to be let in, the government is crumbling and revolution is building. The age of the samurai is ending and in its place a new Japan will be born[...]
Japan, 1857. For centuries Japan has been on its own; isolated by choice from the rest of the world. But the Western powers are now at its shores demanding to be let in, the government is crumbling and revolution is building. The age of the samurai is ending and in its place a new Japan will be born[...]
The adventure continues ...The eagerly awaited third novel in the trilogy, following Across the Nightingale Floor and Grass For His Pillow, which cast a spell over thousands of readers worldwide.[...]
In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard. The youth Takeo has been brought up in a remote mountain village among the Hidden, a re[...]
Praised for its epic scope and descriptive detail, "Across the Nightingale Floor," the first book in the Tales of the Otori series, was an international bestseller and critical success, named by the "London Times" as "the most compelling novel to have been published this year." With "Grass for His P[...]
A third installment of the series that began with Across the Nightingale Floor and Grass for His Pillow is set in an alternate medieval Japan and continues the adventures of Takeo and Kaede as they find their destinies shaped by factors outside of their control. Reprint.[...]
A conclusion to the Tales of the Otori series brings the conflicts of its medieval Japanese characters full circle, illuminating unexpected aspects of the entire saga. By the author of Across the Nightingale Floor and Grass for His Pillow. Reprint.[...]
The new beginning and the grand finale of Lian Hearn's celebrated Tales of the Otori is "rivetingly elegant" ("Washington Post").
"Heaven's Net Is Wide" is the prequel that reveals the full story of Lord Otori Shigeru--the figure who has presided in both life and death over the entire series, th[...]
Boka handler om opprinnelsen til trilogien Otorienes tid, og knytter trådene fra den mytiske middelalderverdenen sammen. Her får man blant annet høre om adelsmannen Shigerus tap av faren og broren. Dette er en oppfølger til Otori-trilogien og den femte romanen om Otoriene.[...]