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226 pages • first pub 2022 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780802159625
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Grove Press
Edition Pub Date: 10 January 2023
For readers drawn to the ache between silence and the music that haunts when dreams are abandoned. Ideal if you favor introspective, quietly surreal literary fiction—measured pacing, sparse yet lush atmospheres, and themes of memory, longing, and the strange beauty of everyday grief.
Description
For three years, Song Yan has filled the emptiness of her Beijing apartment with the tentative notes of her young piano students. She gave up on her own career as a concert pianist many years ago, but her husband Bowen, an executive at a car compa...
Community Reviews
Moods
mysterious: 74%
reflective: 70%
emotional: 52%
sad: 36%
dark: 30%
challenging: 16%
tense: 11%
hopeful: 6%
inspiring: 4%
relaxing: 3%
adventurous: 2%
funny: 1%
Pace
Plot or character driven?
Strong character development?
Loveable characters?
Diverse cast of characters?
Flaws of characters a main focus?
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Suicide, Child death, AlcoholModerate
Grief, Death, PregnancyMinor
Death of parent, Vomit
226 pages • first pub 2022 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780802159625
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Grove Press
Edition Pub Date: 10 January 2023
For readers drawn to the ache between silence and the music that haunts when dreams are abandoned. Ideal if you favor introspective, quietly surreal literary fiction—measured pacing, sparse yet lush atmospheres, and themes of memory, longing, and the strange beauty of everyday grief.
Description
For three years, Song Yan has filled the emptiness of her Beijing apartment with the tentative notes of her young piano students. She gave up on her own career as a concert pianist many years ago, but her husband Bowen, an executive at a car compa...
Community Reviews
Moods
mysterious: 74%
reflective: 70%
emotional: 52%
sad: 36%
dark: 30%
challenging: 16%
tense: 11%
hopeful: 6%
inspiring: 4%
relaxing: 3%
adventurous: 2%
funny: 1%
Pace
Plot or character driven?
Strong character development?
Loveable characters?
Diverse cast of characters?
Flaws of characters a main focus?
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Suicide, Child death, AlcoholModerate
Grief, Death, PregnancyMinor
Death of parent, Vomit