Heaven's Net is Wide (Tales of the Otori)
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (838 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594483329 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Couldn't put them down Sandy Goodman Part of a trilogy. I loved the story. I read through all 4 books. It is a trilogy but there is a prequel.. Wonderful Lovely and absorbing read, will worth purchasing. If in doubt try the sample first. The story continues as well as it begins. Highly recommended.. "Wonderful!" according to CaliReader. This is the prequel to the Tales of the Otori series although it was written last. As are all the books in the series, this novel is well written and rivetting as are the others.
The first and the last tale, it introduces readers to the strange and beautiful world of the Otori and closes the circle where it opened in Across the Nightingale Floor. The new beginning and the grand finale of Lian Hearn's celebrated Tales of the Otori is "rivetingly elegant" (Washington Post). Don't miss the related series, The Tale of Shikanoko.Heaven's Net Is Wide is the prequel that reveals the full story of Lord Otori Shigeru—the figure who has presi
From Publishers Weekly Set in a brutal and breathtaking feudal Japan, this lyrical and moving prequel to Hearn's Tales of the Otori and also the fifth and final entry in this epic chronicle of ruthless warlords and ill-fated love (after 2006's The Harsh Cry of the Heron), focuses on the early life of Otori Shigeru, the young heir to the Otori clan. As a dispossessed heir, Shigeru finds strength and retributive inspiration in the teachings of his former mentor, warrior-monk Matsuda Shingen, and in his illicit relationship with the resourceful Lady Maruyama, whose life has also been devastated by the Tohan. Raised in a strictly hierarchical society that reveres loyalty and honor, the adolescent Shigeru witnesses firsthand how treachery and duplicity play an integral role in the deaths of thousands of Otori warriors, the bloody annihilation of his family and, inevitably, his complete and utter degradation. All