Screen LibraryBrilliance of the moon
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| Published: |
Picador,
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| Publisher Address: | London |
| Publication Dates: | 2004. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Tales of the Otori ; 03 |
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| Carrier Form: | 330 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0330433830 9780330433839 |
| Index Number: | I561 |
| CLC: | I561.45 |
| Call Number: | I561.45/H436 |
| Contents: |
Clans: Otori (Middle country; castle town: Hagi) -- Tohan (the East; castle town: Inuyama) -- Seishuu (An alliance of several ancient families in the west; main castle towns: Kumamoto and Maruyama) -- Tribe: Muto family -- Kikuta family -- Kuroda family -- Others: Horses. Set in an imagined medieval Japan, Book Three is a thrilling-and surprising-follow-up to the previous adventures of Takeo and Kaede. Taking us deeper into the complexities of the loyalties that bind the novel's characters at birth-the fates from which they cannot escape-Brilliance of the Moon goes beyond its transcendent storytelling in demonstrating how we are shaped by forces outside of our control and yet must forge our own destinies all the same. A thoroughly gripping read, Brilliance of the Moon is also the most powerful novel in the series-a beautiful, haunting evocation of a time and |