the piano teacher

3 hours.
or just about.
that's how long this book will take to read.
I have thought about it for maybe almost that long because I can't decide if I think it's great or not or I don't care?

I am also on principle against books and movies that condone affairs. I just don't understand it.
The story takes place in Hong Kong, skipping between 1941 and 1952- when Japan occupied Hong Kong and when Japan had gone, and the survivors made sense of what was left.

The Piano Teacher's New York Times Book Review says it better.