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Guo, Qiangsheng, 1964-
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Piano technicians -- Fiction.
Self-discovery -- Fiction.
Taipei (Taiwan) -- Fiction.
New York (State) -- Fiction.
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Guo, Qiangsheng, 1964-
Piano technicians -- Fiction.
Self-discovery -- Fiction.
Taipei (Taiwan) -- Fiction.
New York (State) -- Fiction.
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The
piano
tuner
: a
novel
/ Chiang-Sheng Kuo ; translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin.
by
Guo, Qiangsheng, 1964-
Arcade Publishing, 2023.
Call #:
FICTION KUO
Subjects
Piano
technicians -- Fiction.
Self-discovery -- Fiction.
Taipei (Taiwan) -- Fiction.
New York (State) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781956763416 (hc.)
Uniform title:
Xun qin zhe. English
Edition:
1st English-language ed.
Description:
149 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the Chinese.
Summary:
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?
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Literary fiction.
Chinese fiction -- Translations into English.
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FICTION KUO
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