Across the Nightingale Floor
Lian Hearn and Mercedes Nunez's Across the Nightingale Floor (2002) is an alternate history and historical fantasy novel. The story is set in Japan and Japón. Readers will find themes of teenage boys, coming of age, Feudal Japan and relatos de aventura.
36 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions across 3 languages.
It runs to roughly 305 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Across the Nightingale Floor
Already a sensation around the world, this first book of the Otori Trilogy is a brilliantly imagined, wholly seductive tale of war, passion, and intrigue, evoking the spirit of medieval Japan. It is the story of a boy who is suddenly plucked from his life in a remote and peaceful village to find himself a pawn in a political scheme filled with treacherous warlords, rivalry and the intensity of first love.
Quick answers
Who wrote Across the Nightingale Floor?
Across the Nightingale Floor was written by Lian Hearn and Mercedes Nunez and first published in 2002.
What genre is Across the Nightingale Floor?
It is usually shelved as Alternate History, Historical Fantasy, Samurai & Feudal Japan and Adventure.
How long is Across the Nightingale Floor?
The median edition has 305 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Across the Nightingale Floor?
Readers who like it often enjoy Flame in the Mist, Night of the Ninjas and Dragon of the Red Dawn.
More by Lian Hearn
All books →
Books like Across the Nightingale Floor
Flame in the Mist
Renée Ahdieh
Night of the Ninjas
Mary Pope Osborne
Dragon of the Red Dawn
Mary Pope Osborne
The Samurai's garden
Gail Tsukiyama
Young Samurai
Chris Bradford
Lone Wolf and Cub
小池一夫, 小島剛夕
The Samurai's Tale
Erik Christian Haugaard
The Science of Discworld
Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart