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Title:

Across the Nightingale Floor
 

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Genres:

Fantasy
Espionage
Coming of Age

Series:

Tales of the Otori
1

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Average Enjoyability:
7.5
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Average Rereadability:
3.5
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Average Complexity:
4
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Average Character Development:
7.5
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Editions:

# Date Publisher Binding Cover
1 2002-08-26 Riverhead Hardcover  

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Blurb: 
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 story of a boy who is suddenly plucked from his life in a remote and peaceful village to find himself a pawn in a political scheme, filled with treacherous warlords, rivalry-and the intensity of first love. In a culture ruled by codes of honor and formal rituals, Takeo must look inside himself to discover the powers that will enable him to fulfill his destiny. A work of transcendent storytelling with an appeal that crosses genres, genders, and generations, Across the Nightingale Floor is a rich and brilliantly constructed tale, mythic in its themes and epic in its vision. It is poised to become the most captivating novel of the year.