The Piano Tuner by Chiang-Sheng Kuo (English) Compact Disc Book

Description: The Piano Tuner by Chiang-Sheng Kuo, Fernando Chien Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Compact Disc Condition Brand New Description A bestselling and critically acclaimed elegiac novel about broken dreams, desolate hearts, and music Publisher Description 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 Taipeis 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 writers writer, Chiang-Sheng Kuo delivers a stunningly powerful, compact novel in The Piano Tuner. Its 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 Manns Death in Venice, Kazuo Ishiguros Nocturnes, and Yasunari Kawabatas 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. Author Biography Chiang-Sheng Kuo (") is one of the most exciting storytellers and prose stylists in Taiwanese literature today. He has written a number of novels, essay collections, and plays, of which The Piano Tuner is the first to be published in English. A resident of Taipei, he earned a PhD in drama from New York University and teaches in the Department of Language and Creative Writing at National Taipei University of Education. Fernando Chien is an experienced audiobook narrator, actor, writer, and director. A magician in training, he has a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Details ISBN 1666631086 ISBN-13 9781666631081 Title The Piano Tuner Author Chiang-Sheng Kuo, Fernando Chien Format Compact Disc Year 2023 Publisher Dreamscape Media GE_Item_ID:158513277; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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