Publication date UK format 17/1/23 book 168 pages
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Synopsis
This bestseller and winner of every major literary award in Taiwan is an elegiac novel about love and loss, broken dreams and desolate hearts—and music: "A delightful read."—Ha Jin A widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a lifetime of secrets. An out-of-tune Steinway piano. A journey of self-discovery across time and continents, from a dark apartment in Taipei’s red-light district to snow-clad New York. At the heart of the story is the nameless narrator, the piano tuner. In his forties, he is balding and ugly, a loser by any standard. But he was once a musical prodigy. What betrayal and what heartbreak made him walk away from greatness? Long hailed in Taiwan as a “writer’s writer,” Chiang-Sheng Kuo delivers a stunningly powerful, compact novel in The Piano Tuner. It’s a book of sounds: both of music and of the heart, from Rachmaninoff to Schubert, from Glenn Gould to Sviatoslav Richter, from untapped potential to unrequited love. With a cadence and precision that bring to mind Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Nocturnes, and Yasunari Kawabata’s Snow Country, this short novel may be a portrait of the artist as a “failure,” but it also describes a pursuit of the ultimate beauty in music and in love.
My Review
This was a nice enough short story. It started off well, but unfortunately, I didn't fully connect with the story. It's a shame it didn't suit me as I was looking forward to reading it. The characters were nice enough. I think I would have liked it more if it had a bit more depth and atmosphere. However, just because it didn't suit me doesn't mean it's a bad story. It might suit you more than me. So, if you like the synopsis, then try a sample to see if it is a perfect fit for you.
Many thanks to the author and publishers for creating this nice story that I am sure others will like more than me.
Where you can buy this book
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