Grass for His Pillow
core novel 2003 Tales of the Otori
Record
| First published | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.05 (27,092 ratings, collected 2026-08-21) |
| Page count | 368 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781594480034 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Grass for His Pillow picks up in the aftermath of Across the Nightingale Floor, following two separate paths that will eventually converge. Kaede, recovering from a lengthy magical sleep brought on by the previous novel's events, returns to her family's ancestral domain determined to rebuild it and secure her own position despite having little support and many rivals eager to see her fail. Takeo, meanwhile, is taken in by the Tribe, the secretive organization tied to his birth father, and finds himself effectively held captive while being trained in their formidable, near-supernatural skills, all while wrestling with his desire to avenge Lord Shigeru's death and to claim leadership of the Otori clan he was adopted into.
Where it sits
- Universe: Tales of the Otori
- Series: Tales of the Otori core; position 2 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Lian Hearn
Notes
- From the series record (Tales of the Otori): Heaven's Net Is Wide is a prequel published last; the internal story order differs from publication order.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Tales of the Otori: position 2 of 5: previous Across the Nightingale Floor (2002) · next Brilliance of the Moon (2004)
Sources
← Tales of the Otori dossier · All universes
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