Passion, thwarted sexuality and love-hate for a mother dominate the life of Erika Kohut, a piano teacher at the Vienna Conservatory. Whilst her mother waits up for her, Erika Kohut trawls the porn shows of Vienna in search of tacky pleasure. Into this emotional pressure-cooker bounds Walter Klemmer, music student and ladies' man. As the relationship between teacher and pupil spirals downward, Jelinek paints a frightening picture of a woman consumed by the ecstasy of self-destruction. The Piano Teacher has been translated into French and Dutch and is currently being filmed.
- ISBN10 1852427256
- ISBN13 9781852427252
- Publish Date 8 November 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 August 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Serpent's Tail
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English