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THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO
Critically acclaimed author Chris Cander's new novel THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO - is the interweaving narrative of two tragically connected women
THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO follows the interweaving stories of two young women, separated by nearly half a century. In post-WW2 Russia, young pianist Katya Zeldin receives what will become her most prized possession: a Blüthner piano.The piano is themost constant presence of her short life, accompanying her as she marries, flees Russia with her husband and young son, and settles in Los Angeles.
In modern day L.A., Clara Lundy struggles to let go of the same Blüthner, which she's been dragging around with her since her father gifted it to her for her twelfth birthday, just before his sudden and unexplained death.
Jumping between Katya and Clara, the past and the present, Cander explores how similar and tragically connected their lives are, despite spanning decades and continents. Using music and creative passion to illustrate how one object becomes the focal point of a lifelong struggle,THE WEIGHTOF APIANOis about how we reconcilethepresent withthepast, and how to do so we must sometimes let go of our idealized sense of both.
THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO is reminiscent of Ann Patchett's Bel Cantoin its focus on the power of music and art in shaping our lives, and Amanda Coplin's The Orchardist in its exploration of multiple women reconciling the ghosts of troubled pasts.
Chris Cander is the author of two previously published novels. Whisper Hollow (Other Press, 2015) was an Indie Next pick (April 2015), was nominated forthe2015 Kirkus Prize for fiction, and was long-listed forthe2015 Southern Book Prize. It received starred reviews from Kirkus and Shelf Awareness (which also included it as a Buzz Book at 2015 Winter Institute). It was abest new novel of March 2015 on Glamour.comand received stunning reviews inMinneapolis Star-Tribune, The Houston Chronicle, and other major publications. NPR's On Point and The Houston Chronicle both named it one of the best books of 2015.
In modern day L.A., Clara Lundy struggles to let go of the same Blüthner, which she's been dragging around with her since her father gifted it to her for her twelfth birthday, just before his sudden and unexplained death.
Jumping between Katya and Clara, the past and the present, Cander explores how similar and tragically connected their lives are, despite spanning decades and continents. Using music and creative passion to illustrate how one object becomes the focal point of a lifelong struggle,THE WEIGHTOF APIANOis about how we reconcilethepresent withthepast, and how to do so we must sometimes let go of our idealized sense of both.
THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO is reminiscent of Ann Patchett's Bel Cantoin its focus on the power of music and art in shaping our lives, and Amanda Coplin's The Orchardist in its exploration of multiple women reconciling the ghosts of troubled pasts.
Chris Cander is the author of two previously published novels. Whisper Hollow (Other Press, 2015) was an Indie Next pick (April 2015), was nominated forthe2015 Kirkus Prize for fiction, and was long-listed forthe2015 Southern Book Prize. It received starred reviews from Kirkus and Shelf Awareness (which also included it as a Buzz Book at 2015 Winter Institute). It was abest new novel of March 2015 on Glamour.comand received stunning reviews inMinneapolis Star-Tribune, The Houston Chronicle, and other major publications. NPR's On Point and The Houston Chronicle both named it one of the best books of 2015.
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Published 2019-01-01 by Knopf |