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OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD ''A mesmerising reading experience for all of us seeking a meaningful life' JAPAN TIMES What he experienced that day wasn't life-changing . . . It was life-making. Tomura is startled by the hypnotic sound of a piano being tuned in his school. It seeps into his soul and transports him to the forests, dark and gleaming, that surround his beloved mountain village. From that moment, he is determined to discover more. Under the tutelage of three master piano-tuners - one humble, one jovial, one ill-tempered - Tomura embarks on his training, never straying too far from a single, unfathomable question- do I have what it takes? Set in small-town Japan, this warm and mystical story is for the lucky few who have found their calling - and for the rest of us who are still searching. It shows that the road to finding one's purpose is a winding path, often filled with treacherous doubts and, for those who persevere, astonishing moments of revelation. Mega-bestselling winner of the Japan Booksellers Award, selected by bookshop staff as the book they most wanted to hand-sell- A tender and uplifting novel for fans of A WHOLE LIFE by Robert Seethaler. Contains 5 exquisite hand-drawn illustrations… (more)
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"There are entrances to the forest all over. And there must be so many routes to walk through it."
"They say that if you put in ten thousand hours towards any goal, things
I was looking for something very different than what The Forest of Wool and Steel gave me. I had hopes that it would be filled with motivation, life guidance, and reassurance that no one really knows what we are doing in life. Instead I got a fairly slow paced walk through piano tuning. There wasn't even that much focus on Japanese culture as a whole. I wasn't particularly sad to say goodbye to this book and its characters. Nothing much to see here, apart from a beautiful cover.