Items related to The Piano Man's Daughter
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.
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.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
As the story opens, Lily, the heroine of Timothy Findley's Victorian-Gothic-style novel as seen through the narrative of her son Charlie, is ending her days in an asylum; her life unfolds as a Dickensian tale of deprivation and struggle between the feminine and the coldly masculine, leading to that "madwoman in the attic" denouement. Yet Charlie is reclaiming his mother's life through his loving telling of her story. "She could break your heart with that riveting gaze," he says. Music, vaudeville, and silent movies resonate through the lives in the novel, set in turn-of-the-century Toronto. Findley is a best-selling and award-winning Canadian writer, author of The Wars and Famous Last Words.
From the Back Cover:
In 1939, piano tuner Charlie Kilworth ponders two questions: who was his father? and, given the madness that consumed his mother Lily, does he dare become a father himself? His quest reveals more than he imagined about Lily, herself the daughter of a piano player, and her colourful, tormented life amid the lively characters and rich sense of early-twentieth-century Toronto.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherHarper Perennial
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0006485200
- ISBN 13 9780006485209
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages512
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
The Piano Man's Daughter
Published by
Harper Perennial
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0006485200
ISBN 13: 9780006485209
Used
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85. Seller Inventory # G0006485200I2N00
Buy Used
US$ 9.10
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Piano Man's Daughter
Published by
Harper Perennial/Canada, Toronto
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0006485200
ISBN 13: 9780006485209
Used
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later printing. 9th printing of this trade paperback edition. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Seller Inventory # 101892
Buy Used
US$ 5.09
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Piano Man's Daughter
Published by
Harper Perennial January 1999
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0006485200
ISBN 13: 9780006485209
Used
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: USED Very Good. Seller Inventory # 304
Buy Used
US$ 8.00
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Piano Man's Daughter
Published by
Harper Perennial
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0006485200
ISBN 13: 9780006485209
Used
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. Seller Inventory # M00006485200-G
Buy Used
US$ 3.77
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Piano Man's Daughter
Published by
Harper Perennial January 1999
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0006485200
ISBN 13: 9780006485209
Used
Trade Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # 230625
Buy Used
US$ 12.60
Convert currency
Stock Image
The-piano-man-s-daughter
Published by
Harper Perennial
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0006485200
ISBN 13: 9780006485209
Used
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Muy bueno. 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.EAN: 9780006485209 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Título: The-piano-man-s-daughterIdioma: EN. Seller Inventory # Happ-2021-Dec-14-119088
Buy Used
US$ 7.99
Convert currency
Seller Image
THE PIANO MAN'S DAUGHTER
Published by
Harper Perennial, Toronto
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0006485200
ISBN 13: 9780006485209
Used
Soft cover
First Edition
Signed
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Lord Frederick Leighton; (illustrator). First Printing - First Thus. 490 pp. 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. In 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II, a young piano tuner faces two enigmatic questions: Who was his father? And, given the madness that consumed his mother, does he dare become a father himself? Said Quill and Quire, "A novel that reaches memorably into that crucible of origins and losses we call the past." Size: 8vo. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 221225
Buy Used
US$ 19.95
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Piano Man's Daughter
Published by
Harper Perennial
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0006485200
ISBN 13: 9780006485209
Used
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Very Good. 1999. Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # KSS0007266
Buy Used
US$ 20.30
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Piano Man's Daughter
Published by
Harper Perennial
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0006485200
ISBN 13: 9780006485209
Used
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Very Good. 1999. Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. . . . . Seller Inventory # KSS0007266
Buy Used
US$ 23.64
Convert currency