The Weight of a Piano

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The Weight of a Piano is a 2019 novel by Chris Cander, published by Knopf. In the United Kingdom it was published by Europa Editions.

Story[edit]

The story follows a Blüthner piano that was owned in the 1960s by an Ekaterina Dmitrievna "Katya", who lives in Zagorsk, Russia, and in 2012 by an American woman named Clara Lundy, living in Bakersfield, California. The novel explains how the piano went from Russia to the United States.

Clara and a man who purchases her piano, Greg, have no living parents in the duration of the story. Alex Clark of The Observer wrote that "parental loss" is the "central subject".[1]

Reception[edit]

Clark concluded that The Weight of a Piano "is an interesting exploration of an abiding dilemma".[1]

James Barron of The New York Times compared the novel's mixture of themes to using a Cuisinart and stated it is "immense, intense and imaginative."[2]

Carol Memmott, in the Washington Post, described the story as "ably and convincingly told".[3]

Beth Andersen, in Library Journal, praised the work, calling it "beautiful".[4]

Publishers Weekly gave the book a starred review, calling it one of "PW's picks", and compared it to Accordion Crimes.[5]

Kirkus Reviews described the book as "Deftly plotted and well written".[6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Clark, Alex (2020-01-12). "The Weight of a Piano by Chris Cander review – tale of transgenerational trauma". The Observer. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  2. ^ Barron, James (2019-01-30). "A Novel About the Fate of a Piano — and the Dreams It Embodies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  3. ^ Memmott, Carol (2019-01-23). "One instrument connects two women a world apart in 'The Weight of a Piano'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  4. ^ Andersen, Beth (2018-11-15). "The Weight of a Piano". Library Journal. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  5. ^ "The Weight of a Piano". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  6. ^ "The Weight of a Piano". Kirkus Reviews. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2022-07-16.

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