A novel set in Hong Kong during and after the Japanese occupation, The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee caught my attention in the NY Times Book Review. I was considering choosing it for one of my book clubs, but as I started it, I realized it wasn't nearly as good as the one we were reading - Out Stealing Horses - so I chose another without reading it first. A friend highly recommended Moloka'i - historical fiction about the leper colony in Hawai'i, so we'll read that one. The Piano Teacher is fine for a first novel, but nothing that kept me turning pages too fast.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Book Choices
A novel set in Hong Kong during and after the Japanese occupation, The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee caught my attention in the NY Times Book Review. I was considering choosing it for one of my book clubs, but as I started it, I realized it wasn't nearly as good as the one we were reading - Out Stealing Horses - so I chose another without reading it first. A friend highly recommended Moloka'i - historical fiction about the leper colony in Hawai'i, so we'll read that one. The Piano Teacher is fine for a first novel, but nothing that kept me turning pages too fast.
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