The Harsh Cry of the Heron: The Last Tale of the Otori - Lian Hearn

Lian Hearn is the pseudonym for the writer Gillian Rubinstein, currently living in Australia, who has a lifelong interest in Japan, has lived there, and speaks Japanese. All five books in the Tales of the Otori series-- Across the Nightingale Floor , Grass for His Pillow , Brilliance of the Moon , The Harsh Cry of the Heron , and Heaven's Net is Wide --are available now from Riverhead Books. Don't miss the related series, The Tale of Shikanoko.