Piano: A Novel - Jean Echenoz

The Piano is an interesting novel. Written by a French author, Jean Echenoz, and set in Paris, the story begins with a classical performance pianist who has extreme stage fright. I was given this book by a friend and therefore had no prior knowledge or expectations about it. As I began reading therefore, I presumed that this would be a story based around the pianist, his concert career, and possibly a break down or romance along the way. How wrong was I?! It's not ruining the surprise to say that the pianist dies early on in the story, as his death is announced in the first line. Somehow though, when I began reading, I couldn't quite imagine that it would end ...  Read the complete review