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Zusatztext All kinds of brilliant. Awesome storytelling. Informationen zum Autor Lian Hearn studied modern languages at Oxford University and worked as a film critic and arts editor in London before settling in Australia. A lifelong interest in Japan led to the study of the Japanese language, many trips to Japan, and culminated in the Tales of the Otori series. Klappentext From the bestselling author of the 'Tales of The Otori' 'A thrilling tale of love and violence' Guardian 'An original and exquisitely wrought adventure story' Observer An ambitious warrior leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands . . . A stubborn father forces his younger son to surrender his wife to his older brother . . . A mysterious woman seeks five fathers for her children . . . A powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne . . . These are the threads of an intricate tapestry in which the laws of destiny play out against a backdrop of wild forest, elegant court, and savage battlefield. Set in a mythical medieval Japan of warriors and assassins, ghosts and guardian spirits, Emperor of the Eight Islands is a brilliantly imagined novel, full of drama and intrigue. And it is just the beginning of an enthralling, epic adventure: 'The Tale of Shikanoko'. '[A novel of] compelling characters [and] huge imaginative vitality.' Sydney Morning Herald'Wildly successful' Melbourne Age The first instalment in a magnificent new epic by the creator of the global phenomenon the Tales of the Otori, Lian Hearn, whose books have sold over four million copies worldwide. Zusammenfassung The first instalment in a magnificent epic by the creator of the global phenomenon the Tales of the Otori, Lian Hearn, whose books have sold over four million copies worldwide.
