Product Overview
Grass for His Pillowis the second book in theTales of the Otoriseries by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the relatedseries,The Tale of Shikanoko.
Praised for its epic scope and descriptive detail, Across the Nightingale Floor, the first bookin 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 Pillow, Book Two, we return to the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's creationa 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 assassinan enforced occupation that his father sacrificed his own life to escape. Meanwhile, Takeos 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...
