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[...]

?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?[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 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.[...]

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.[...]