Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
In 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, built at the turn of the century in Germany, on which she discovers everything that she herself can do with music and what music, in turn, does for her. Yet after marrying, she emigrates with her young family from Russia to America, at her husband's frantic insistence, and her piano is lost in the shuffle. In 2012, in Bakersfield, California, twenty-six-year-old Clara Lundy loses another boyfriend and again has to find a new apartment, which is complicated by the gift her father had given her for her twelfth birthday, shortly before he and her mother died in a fire that burned their house down: a Blüthner upright she has never learned to play. Ophaned, she was raised by her aunt and uncle, who in his car-repair shop trained her to become a first-rate mechanic, much to the surprise of her subsequent customers. But this work, her true mainstay in a scattered life, is put on hold when her hand gets broken while the piano's being moved--and in sudden frustration she chooses to sell it. And what becomes crucial is who the most interested party turns out to be...
1962, the Soviet Union. Eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed a Blüthner piano, built at the turn of the century in Germany, on which she discovers everything that she herself can do with music and what music, in turn, does for her. Years later, married, she emigrates from Russia to America; her piano is lost in the shuffle. 2012, Bakersfield, California. Auto mechanic Clara Lundy's search for an apartment is complicated by the gift her parents gave her shortly before they died in a fire: a Blüthner upright she has never learned to play. When her hand gets broken while the piano's being moved, she decides to sell it. -- adapted from jacket
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Pianos, Family life, Fiction, FICTION / Family Life / General, Interpersonal relations, FICTION / Women, Piano, FICTION / Literary, Women, American literature, Fiction, women, Fiction, family life, California, fiction, Soviet union, fiction, New York Times reviewedPlaces
Bakersfield, California, Soviet UnionShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Weight of a Piano: A Novel
2020, Europa Editions, Incorporated, Europa Editions
in English
1787702103 9781787702103
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2 |
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Source records
Internet Archive item recordBetter World Books record
marc_columbia MARC record
Promise Item
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?August 7, 2021 | Edited by New York Times Bestsellers Bot | Add NYT review links |
August 13, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
May 17, 2020 | Edited by Mek | import existing book |
March 28, 2019 | Created by ImportBot | import new book |