Grass for His Pillow (Tales of the Otori, Book 2) - Hardcover

Hearn, Lian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1573222518 ISBN 13: 9781573222518

Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover, 2003

Synopsis

Adopted by an Otori Lord, orphan Takeo rises to become a closely held member of the Tribe and finds his love for Maruyama heir Shirakawa Kaede challenged by dissembling clans and fractured allegiances.

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Review:

Lian Hearn's second novel in the Tales of the Otori, Grass For His Pillow continues to enrich and expand his mystical imaginings of feudal Japan. Picking up where Across the Nightingale Floor left off, Takeo fulfills his debt of honor and accepts his heritage as a member of the superhuman cabal of assassins known as "The Tribe," and is thus ingested into their plots. But his heart yearns for Kaede, his one true love, and secretly wishes to fulfill the final wishes of his adopted father, Otori Shigaru. Meanwhile, Kaede returns to her homeland to find her father's estate in ruin and her inheritance in jeopardy. The two each encounter vast political machinations and deadly consequences as they unconsciously move toward their overwhelming urges to reunite and defy (or perhaps embrace) fate.

Hearn's second book into the Tales of the Otori series is a more poignant tale than the first, painfully examining the lines between honor, duty, and love. With its calming and satisfying conclusion, the landscape of Hearn's mythical vision of Japan braces for a dazzling storm in the book to come. --Jeremy Pugh

About the Author:

Lian Hearn, born in England and currently living in Australia, has studied Japanese and has a lifelong interest in Japan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1573222518
• ISBN 13: 9781573222518
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320