THE PIANO A Tribute to CIBY 2000: Secrets and No Lies

Ada, her nine-year-old daughter and her
piano arrive to an arranged marriage in
the remote bush of nineteenth century New
Zealand. Of all her belongings, her husband
refuses to transport the piano, and it
is left behind on the beach. Unable to bear
its certain destruction, Ada strikes a bargain
with an illiterate tattooed neighbor.
She may earn her piano back if she allows
him to do certain things while she plays;
one black key for every lesson. The
arrangement draws all three deeper and
deeper into a complex emotional, sexual
bond remarkable for its naive passion and
frightening disregard for limits.
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