Janice Y. K. LeeAuthor of The Piano Teacher: A NovelAlso known as: Janice Lee
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Janice Y. K. Lee has 3 upcoming events. The Margaret Mitchell House & Museum: Janice Y. K. Lee (January 11 at 19:00) Janice Y. K. Lee on tour for The Piano Teacher. This tale of two love affairs in mid-century Hong Kong explores colonial pretensions during World War II. An Englishman, Will Truesdale, arrives in Hong Kong in 1941 and falls into a passionate relationship with a beautiful Eurasian socialite, Trudy Liang. When the Japanese invade, Will is interned and ... (more)Trudy has to expend her energy on her own survival. After the war, Claire Pendleton, comes to Hong Kong with her British civil servant husband. She begins giving piano lessons to the daughter of a rich Chinese couple and falls in love with their driver, Will. As both stories unfold, we learn about the complex web of lies, love, politics and war in Hong Kong in the 1950’s.
Added by jasbro. Borders - Madison West: Janice Y. K. Lee (January 16 at 19:00) Janice Y. K. Lee reads from The Piano Teacher: A Novel. Janice Y.K. Lee renders the dramas of human history with intelligence and imagination, crafting a novel of the highest caliber. Imbued with authentic, sensual detail and keen observations about a forgotten world, The Piano Teacher evokes the romantic sweep of The English Patient and the colonial fiction ... (more)of W. Somerset Maugham. A remarkable debut by a gifted writer, it will remain with the reader long after the last page is turned.
Added by jlelliott. Sunriver Books & Music: Fiction Book Club (February 22 at 18:30) The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee is a stunning debut! Claire led a sheltered life in England, living with her Mum and Dad. Traveling to Hong Kong as a young bride she is taken into a society for which she possesses no map. She is unmoored. Claire married because that was what young women did with ... (more)their lives. Her husband is a pleasant chap, but not terribly exciting. She takes a job teaching the Chen’s daughter to play the piano. Claire meets Will, the Chen’s Anglo chauffer and begins a torrid affair. Slowly she discovers Will’s past. He arrived in Hong Kong before WWII, fell in love with Trudy, a high spirited woman who will always own his heart. The world was their oyster until the Japanese invaded Hong Kong. Will was interred with the rest of the Brits while Trudy did her best to live under Japanese rule. The story alternates time periods, opening piece by piece like the petals of a rose, each layer slowly revealing the past. The controversy and history in this book should easily fill the Fiction Book Club’s discussion.
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