THE PIANO MAN'S DAUGHTER

Findley, Timothy

ISBN 10: 0006485200 / ISBN 13: 9780006485209

Published by Harper Perennial, Toronto, 1999

About this Item

Personalized inscription and signature by Timothy Findley on the title page. Lightly rubbed at the corners with an uncreased spine; aside from author's writing, no interior markings. The cover features Flaming June, 1895 by Lord Frederick Leighton, courtesy of Museo de Arte, Puerto Rico. Size: 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 236496

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE PIANO MAN'S DAUGHTER
• Publisher: Harper Perennial, Toronto
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006485200
• ISBN 13: 9780006485209
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Lord Frederick Leighton
• Edition: First Thus.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Signed Books

About this title

Synopsis

Now an important title in the newly redesigned PerennialCanada series, Timothy Findley’s The Piano Man’s Daughter continues to be one of his most popular books ever. The novel’s reissue follows on the heels of Findley’s newest novel,Pilgrim, released in late 1999 and sure to attract even more new readers to the Findley fold.

A glorious reverberation of a time when change was reaching a crescendo and yet hope and renewal were always to be found, The Piano Man’s Daughter is the story of Lily Kilworth and her son Charlie, a young piano tuner, who must find answers to the questions that define his life. Who was his father? And, given the swirl of madness enveloping his mother, does he dare become a father himself?

Set at the turn of the century and inspired by the history of Findley’s own mother’s family, this is a remarkable novel that sings with love and loss, a wonderful burst of reading pleasure. 

About the Author

TIMOTHY FINDLEY's recent books include Pilgrim, which was a finalist for the Giller Prize and his first published in the United States; You Went Away; Dust to Dust; and The Piano Man's Daughter. He was also the author of the acclaimed Headhunter, Not Wanted on the Voyage, Famous Last Words, and The Wars. His most recent play, Elizabeth Rex, won the Governor General's Award for Drama. His work has won innumerable honors, including the Governor General's Award for Fiction and the Edgar Award. He was the only three-time recipient of the Canadian Authors Association Award, bestowed for fiction, nonfiction, and drama. He was an Officer of the Order of Canada and, in France, Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He split his time between homes in Stratford, Ontario and the south of France. He died in France in June 2002 at the age of 71.