The Hidden Across The Nightingale Floor

Tomasu a member of the hidden by birth returns from exploring the mountains to find members of his family slaughtered.

The hidden across the nightingale floor.

Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn 336pp macmillan 12 99. An ancient tradition undermined by spies and assassins. 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 begins as sixteen year old tomasu who was brn into a persecuted religious sect called the hidden returns from walking in the mountains to find that his family has been slaughtered.

In his black walled fortress at inuyama the warlord iida sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Nightingale floors 鴬張り or 鶯張り uguisubari listen help info are floors that make a chirping sound when walked upon. In his black walled fortress at inuyama the warlord iida sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. A land of incomparable beauty torn by civil war.

The magic of enhanced senses was beautiful and very appropriate to the setting. 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. About across the nightingale floor. Each stratum of society owed allegiance to the one above it.

Takeo is raised among the hidden whose beliefs forbid them to kill. These floors were used in the hallways of some temples and palaces the most famous example being nijō castle in kyoto japan dry boards naturally creak under pressure but these floors were built in a way that the flooring nails rub against a jacket or clamp. 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. Across the nightingale floor won the 2004 deutscher jugendliterturpreis award for outstanding children s literature in germany.

A society of rigid castes and codes subverted by love. I loved my inner picture of how takeo was view spoiler dancing elegantly over the nightingale floor hide spoiler. Our own medieval feudal system was a relatively simple affair. Born tomasu as a member of the hidden his name is later changed to takeo.