num_pages: 288
description: Erika Kohut teaches piano at the Vienna Conservatory by day. But by night she trawls the porn shows of Vienna while her mother, whom she loves and hates in equal measure, waits up for her.Into this emotional pressure-cooker bounds music student and ladies' man, Walter Klemmer. With Walter as her student, Erika spirals out of control, consumed by the ecstasy of self-destruction.First published in 1983, The Piano Teacher is the masterpiece of Elfriede Jelinek, Austria's most famous writer. Now a feature film directed by Michael Haneke, The Piano Teacher won three major prizes at the Cannes 2001 Festival including best actor for Benoit Magimel and best actress for Isabelle Huppert.Elfriede Jelinek was born in Austria in 1946 and grew up in Vienna where she attended the famous Music Conservatory. The leading Austrian writer of her generation, she has been awarded the Heinrich Boll Prize for her contribution to German-language literature. This edition was translated by Joachim Neugroschel.
language: English
title: The Piano Teacher
titlecomplete: The Piano Teacher
characters: Erika Kohut, Walter Klemmer
genres: Fiction, Music, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, Contemporary, Feminism, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 12139
places: Vienna, Austria
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Kääntäjien valtionpalkinto
publisher: Serpent's Tail