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The Piano Teacher. (Lee novel) The Piano Teacher is a 2009 novel by Janice Y. K. Lee about a love story set in Hong Kong in the 1940s and 50s. It is about a married woman who's hired by a rich family and ends up having an affair with the family driver, only to discover his tragic past with a former lover. The book became a global bestseller.
- Janice Y. K. Lee
- 2009
Jan 13, 2009 · The Piano Teacher was published to critical acclaim from the New York Times, People, and O magazine, among others. It spent 19 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list." The author is a Hong Kong born (1972) American writer. Her parents were Korean expatriates. This was her first novel of the five she has written.
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Nov 17, 2009 · Janice Lee is nothing short of brilliant and her novel is impossible to put down." —Gary Shteyngart "Rarely does one encounter a debut work as beguiling and assured as Janice Lee’s The Piano Teacher. Rich with intrigue, romance, and betrayal, this wonderfully written, utterly captivating novel dazzles with its sharp-eyed renderings of beau ...
- Janice Y. K. Lee
- $13.92
- Penguin Books
Jan 16, 2009 · Janice Y. K. Lee’s first novel, “The Piano Teacher,” opens with the newlywed Claire traveling to Hong Kong in 1951 with her husband, Martin, an engineer. Of their marriage Lee writes, “She ...
Jan 13, 2009 · Former Elle editor Lee delivers a standout debut dealing with the rigors of love and survival during a time of war, and the consequences of choices made under duress. Claire Pendleton, newly married and arrived in Hong Kong in 1952, finds work giving piano lessons to the daughter of Melody and Victor Chen, a wealthy Chinese couple.
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Janice Y. K. Lee (born 1972), is a Hong Kong-born American author, known for her best-selling debut novel The Piano Teacher. Career [ edit ] After graduating from Harvard College with a degree in English and American Literature and Language, Lee moved to New York City , where she worked as an editor at Elle and Mirabella magazines.
Ten years later, Claire Pendleton comes to Hong Kong to work as a piano teacher and also begins a fateful affair. As the threads of this spellbinding novel intertwine, impossible choices emerge-between love and safety, courage and survival, the present, and above all, the past. Read An Excerpt. Reading Guide.
