The piano teacher
By: Elfriede Jelinek ; translated by Joachim Neugroschel
Contributors: Neugroschel, Joachim
Edition: Reissue ed.
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780802144614
Copyright date: 1988
Subjects: Piano teachers; Fiction
Work titles: Klavierspielerin
Description: 38-year-old Erika Kohut, a piano teacher at the Vienna Conservatory, still lives with her domineering mother. Erika has a weakness for buying clothing that she will never actually wear, secretly visits Turkish peep shows and watches sadomasochistic films. When a handsome, self-absorbed 17-year-old student attempts to seduce Erika, she resists, but the relationship between teacher and pupil spirals rapidly out of control, and Erika becomes consumed by the ecstasy of self-destruction.
Notes: "Originally published in German as Die Klavierspielerin by Rowholt Verlag, Reinbek, [1983]"--T.p. verso.

"First published in English by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York, 1988"--T.p. verso.

"This reissued edition is published by special arrangement with Serpent's Tale, London"--T.p. verso.

Published Oct. 1, 2009--Cf. Amazon.com.

Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature, 2004.