Title:
The piano teacher / Elfriede Jelinek ; translated by Joachim Neugroschel.
Author:
Jelinek, Elfriede, 1946-
Neugroschel, Joachim.
Publication Information:
New York : Grove Press, [2009], ©1988.
Call Number:
PT2670.E46 K513 2009
Abstract:
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.
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Edition:
Reissue ed.
ISBN:
9780802144614
Physical Description:
280 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in German as Die Klavierspielerin by Rowholt Verlag, Reinbek, [1983]"--Title page verso.
"First published in English by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York, 1988"--Title page verso.
"This reissued edition is published by special arrangement with Serpent's Tale, London"--Title page verso.
Published Oct. 1, 2009--Cf. Amazon.com.
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Added Author:
Uniform Title:
Klavierspielerin. English
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