- Title:
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Grass for His Pillow
- Series:
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Tales of the Otori #2
- Written by:
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Lian Hearn
- Read by:
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Tamblyn Lord; Anna Steen
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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9
- Duration:
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10 hours 22 minutes
- Published:
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July 01 2015
- Available Date:
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July 01 2015
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489019479
- Genres:
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Fiction; Fantasy Fiction
- Publisher:
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ABC Audio
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International bestseller
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. With Grass for His Pillow, we return to the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's creation – a land of harsh beauty and deceptive appearances.
In a complex social hierarchy, amid dissembling clans and fractured allegiances, there is no place for passionate young love. The orphan Takeo has been condemned to work as an assassin – an enforced occupation that his father sacrificed his own life to escape. Meanwhile, Takeo’s beloved Shirakawa Kaede, heir to the Murayama and alone in the world, must find a way to unify the domain she has inherited, as she fights off the advances of would-be suitors and hopes against fading hope that Takeo will return to her ...