The Piano Tuner
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason is a first edition published by Knopf on September 17, 2002, featuring 336 pages in English. This novel tells the story of Edgar Drake, a British piano tuner who is unexpectedly summoned by the British War Office to journey into the jungles of Burma in the late nineteenth century. Leaving behind his wife and tranquil life in London, Edgar embarks on a quest to repair a rare Erard grand piano owned by an army surgeon-major, whose unconventional methods of peacemaking intertwine poetry, medicine, and music.
Readers will find a richly woven narrative as Edgar navigates a diverse landscape filled with soldiers, mystics, and bandits, encountering an enchanting woman along the way. The story unfolds against the backdrop of historical events, exploring themes of adventure and self-discovery. As Edgar reaches the remote fort on a Burmese river, he confronts a world that is both mysterious and perilous, offering a blend of myth and romance that invites reflection on the complexities of human experience.
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An extraordinary first novel that tells the story of a British piano tuner sent deep into Burma in the nineteenth century.
In October 1886, Edgar Drake receives a strange request from the British War Office: he must leave his wife and his quiet life in London to travel to the jungles of Burma, where a rare Erard grand piano is in need of repair. The piano belongs to an army surgeon-major whose unorthodox peacemaking methods—poetry, medicine, and now music—have brought a tentative quiet to the southern Shan States but have elicited questions from his superiors.
On his journey through Europe, the Red Sea, India, and into Burma, Edgar meets soldiers, mystics, bandits, and tale-spinners, as well as an enchanting woman as elusive as the surgeon-major. And at the doctor’s fort on a remote Burmese river, Edgar encounters a world more mysterious and dangerous than he ever could have imagined.
Sensuous, lyrical, rich with passion and adventure, this is a hypnotic tale of myth, romance, and self-discovery: an unforgettable novel.
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