![]() ![]() I began writing Across the Nightingale Floor in October in the Akiyoshidai International Arts Village in Yamaguchi Prefecture. I was encouraged by the faith they showed in my endeavour, even though I was still not at all sure that I could achieve anything of any worth. Six years later in 1999 I received a grant from Asialink – the Australian organization that funds artists to live and work in Asian countries – to spend three months in Japan expressly to write this novel. I did not reject the idea completely but let it simmer while I began to learn Japanese and to read and research everything I could get my hands on about the history and culture of Japan. I could even hear strongly the tone of voice of the narrator, Takeo. But almost immediately the main characters appeared inside my head and began to demand that I discover their story. I resisted it – it seemed misplaced and arrogant to write about a culture that was not my own and I did not think I would ever have the confidence or the competence to attempt such a thing. It was while I was there that an idea suggested itself to me - to try to write a fantasy set not in an Anglo-Celtic world but one based on medieval Japan. I had been interested in Japan for years, ever since I was a child really, but I only went there for the first time in 1993. The Storyteller and his Three Daughters.As yet the film has not been developed beyond the scripting stage. ![]() Since then the Tales of the Otori have been world wide best sellers appealing to millions of readers in over 36 countries.įilm rights were sold before the first book was published to Universal Studios for Kennedy/Marshall, and David Henry Hwang was assigned as script writer. It's almost twenty years since the publication of the first book Across the Nightingale Floor (2002). ![]() Wine, knife, sword.’ Wine for the marriage ceremony, knife to cut our throats, sword for revenge. Wine, Knife, Sword ~ A Tale from the Eight IslandsĪ FREE Otori story by Lian Hearn, available only on this website: ![]()
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