کتاب تیونر پیانو: یک رمان

A New York Times Notable BookA San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, & Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year“An ambitious, adventuresome, highly unusual first novel that offers pleasures too rarely encountered in contemporary American literary fiction. . . . [Mason is] a gifted, original & courageous writer.” —The Washington Post Book World“Mason’s writing achieves that kind of reverie in which every vision, tone, flavor & sensation is magnified.” –Los Angeles Times“The Piano Tuner is a haunting, passionate story of empire & individualism. . . . [Mason is] a gifted writer.” –San Francisco Chronicle“This wondrous work of fiction . . . artfully weaves psychology, politics, medicine & music theory into a polyphonic composition. . . . A virtuoso performance.” –Newsday“Daniel Mason’s ambitious, lyricalThe Piano Tuner. . . [possesses] genuine moments of ominous beauty. . . . Readers . . . should be intrigued by the mix of historical detail, lush settings, & equally lush language.” –San Jose Mercury News“A gripping & resonant novel. . . . It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy & ardor. . . . Riveting.” —Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times°°°In1886a shy, middle-aged piano tuner namedEdgar Drakereceives an unusual commission from theBritish War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeastBurma& there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial design. From this irresistible beginning,The Piano Tunerlaunches readers into a world of seductive, vibrantly rendered characters, & enmeshes them in an unbreakable spell of storytelling.°°°Daniel Masonis the author ofNorth Woods,A Far Country,The Winter Soldier, &A Registry of My Passage Upon Earth. His writing has appeared inHarper’s Magazine&Lapham’s Quarterly.