Wonderful story about one pianist in the story "The Upright Piano Player" written by David Abbott

News cover Wonderful story about one pianist in the story "The Upright Piano Player" written by  David Abbott
15 Jun 2011 04:20:12 We first meet Henry on his way to a funeral, in the aftermath of a shocking and gruesome accident. Abbott then backtracks five years, on the cusp of the new millennium, as Henry is beginning to adjust to retired life. A random violent encounter on New Year's Eve leads to escalating acts of harassment, which mostly embarrass rather than frighten Henry as he's got other things to worry about: his ex-wife's illness is getting more serious, and he's cautiously starting to rebuild a relationship with his son, who now has a son of his own. The narrative jumps around among Henry and a number of other disparate characters — his ex, his son and daughter-in-law, his former business colleagues and the man who persists in stalking him — and the effect underscores the current of loss and sorrow running throughout the novel: Everyone is in their own protected, isolated sphere, both yearning for and fearful of reaching out. It makes the moments of actual meaningful connection all the more moving — if not utterly heartwrenching — and the moments when characters reject such connections both tragic and, in one instance, brutally disturbing. Aside from the handful of violent acts, this is not a story with a lot of fireworks. It moves slowly and deliberately in delicate elegiac prose, gracefully constructed and wholly consuming.
 

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