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The Piano Teacher

English · Paperback / Softback

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Erika Kohut teaches piano at the Vienna Conservatory by day. By night she trawls the porn shows of Vienna. Until one day, into Erika's secretive, repressed life bounds music student and ladies man, Walter Klemmer. With Walter as her student - and teacher - Erika spirals out of control, consumed by the ecstacy of self-destruction.

About the author

Elfriede Jelinek, geboren 1946 in Mürzzuschlag/Steiermark, wuchs in Wien auf; mit vier Jahren Ballett- und Französischunterricht, in der Folgezeit umfassende musikalische Ausbildung; 1960 Klavier- und Kompositions-Studium am Wiener Konservatorium; 1964 Studium der Theaterwissenschaft und Kunstgeschichte an der Universität Wien; 1967 Abbruch des Studiums, beginnt zu schreiben; Lyrik und Prosatexte erscheinen in Anthologien und Literaturzeitschriften. Elfriede Jelinek erhielt zahlreiche Literaturpreise, darunter den Georg-Büchner-Preis (1998). 2004 wurde ihr der Literatur-Nobelpreis verliehen.

Summary

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.

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In this demented love story the hunter is the hunted, pain is pleasure, and spite and self-contempt seep from every pore. Guardian

Product details

Authors Elfriede Jelinek
Assisted by Razia Iqbal (Introduction), Joachim Neugroschel (Translation)
Publisher Profile Books
 
Original title Die Klavierspielerin
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 05.11.2010
 
EAN 9781846687372
ISBN 978-1-84668-737-2
No. of pages 288
Weight 238 g
Series Serpent's Tail Classics
Serpent's Tail Classics
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

Österreichische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.)

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