Book 2 of 5: Tales of the Otori
Book 2 of 5: Tales of the Otori
Grass for His Pillow
By Lian Hearn
By Lian Hearn
Age Range: 12 and up
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$22.00
Published on Jun 01, 2004 | 368 Pages
Published on Jun 01, 2004 | 368 Pages
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…
Author
Lian Hearn
Lian Hearn is the pseudonym for a writer, currently living in Australia, who has a lifelong interest in Japan, has lived there, and speaks Japanese. Riverhead will publish Hearn’s next book, Heaven’s Net Is Wide: The First Tale of the Otori, the prequel to the Otori series, in 2007.
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