The piano teacher
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.
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :The piano teacher / Elfriede Jelinek ; translated by Joachim Neugroschel.
Summary
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.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©1988
- Edition:Reissue edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Grove Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1988
Notes
"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.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (280 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780802198839, 080219883X
- oclc:ocn881687073
- LC Classification:PT2670.E46
- Dewey Decimal:833/.914
Rate & Review