A London piano tuner journeys to colonial Burma in 1886 to repair a grand piano for a rogue army surgeon amid war and imperial tensions.
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A London piano tuner journeys to colonial Burma in 1886 to repair a grand piano for a rogue army surgeon amid war and imperial tensions.
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"In October 1886, Edgar Drake receives a strange request from the British War Office: he must leave his wife and his quiet life in London to travel to the jungles of Burma, where a rare Erard grand piano is in need of repair. The piano belongs to an army surgeon-major whose unorthodox peacemaking methods - poetry, medicine, and now music - have brought a tentative quiet to the southern Shan States but have elicited questions from his superiors.".
"On his journey through Europe, the Red Sea, I...
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Sexual content
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Subtle romantic tension with an enigmatic woman encountered during travels.
Violence & gore
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References to war brutalities and colonial conflict in the Anglo-Burmese setting.
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Religious content
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Mystics and spiritual figures appear in passing during the journey.
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Central exploration of British colonialism, imperialism, and anti-war themes.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Depictions of wartime suffering and systemic colonial oppression.
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