The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Janice Y. K. Lee
• Title: The Piano Teacher
• Publisher: ‎ Viking Books (2009)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 328 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0670020486
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0670020485
• Reading age: ‎ 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.25 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.5 x 1.15 x 9.5 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent

Synopsis:

"A rare and exquisite story . . . Transports you out of time, out of place, into a world you can feel on your very skin." —Elizabeth Gilbert

The New York Times bestseller 

In the sweeping tradition of The English Patient, Janice Y.K. Lee's debut novel is a tale of love and betrayal set in war-torn Hong Kong. In 1942, Englishman Will Truesdale falls headlong into a passionate relationship with Trudy Liang, a beautiful Eurasian socialite. But their affair is soon threatened by the invasion of the Japanese as World War II overwhelms their part of the world.

Ten years later, Claire Pendleton comes to Hong Kong to work as a piano teacher and also begins a fateful affair.

As the threads of this spellbinding novel intertwine, impossible choices emerge-between love and safety, courage and survival, the present, and above all, the past.

About the Author:

Janice Y. K. Lee was born and raised in Hong Kong and graduated from Harvard University. A former editor at Elle and Mirabella magazines in New York, she currently lives in Hong Kong with her husband and four children.