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Can I read Grass For His Pillow : Tales of Otori, Book Two on EtoBox?
Grass For His Pillow : Tales of Otori, Book Two by Lian Hearn is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Grass For His Pillow : Tales of Otori, Book Two about?
Grass for His Pillow is the second book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the related series, The Tale of Shikanoko.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, 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 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...
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Lian Hearn
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101217245
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- History, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.01 / 5 (146 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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