On a misty London afternoon in 1886, piano tuner Edgar Drake receives a strange request from the War Office: he must leave his wife, and his quiet life in London, to travel to the jungles of Burma to tune a rare Erard grand piano. The piano belongs to Surgeon-Major Anthony Carroll, an enigmatic British officer, whose success at making peace in the war-torn Shan States is legendary, but whose unorthodox methods have begun to attract suspicion. So begins the journey of the soft-spoken Edgar across Europe, the Red Sea, India, Burma, nd at last into the remote highlands of the Shan States. En route he is entranced by the Doctor's letters and by the shifting cast of tale-spinners, soldiers and thieves who cross his path. As his captivation grows, however, so do his questions: about the Doctor's true motives, about an enchanting and elusive woman who travels with him into the jungle, about why he came. And, ultimately, whether he will ever be able to return home unchanged to the woman who awaits him there...Sensuous and lyrical, rich with passion and adventure, The Piano Tuner is a hypnotic tale of myth, romance and self-discovery. It is an unforgettable and haunting novel.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Pan Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780330492690
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 368
Tiempo de lectura:
7h 36m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/01/2004
Año de edición: 2004
Plaza de edición: Reino Unido
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Escrito por Daniel Mason
Daniel Mason es va llicenciar en biologia a la Universitat de Harvard l'any 1998 i va passar un any investigant la malària a la frontera entre Tailàndia i Myanmar. Ha estudiat medicina a la Universitat de Califòrnia, San Francisco.