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- Publisher: Grove Press
- Number of Pages: 288
- ISBN: 0802144616
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113365499
- Release Date: October 1, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #162805 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #19924 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #594 in Fantasy - Contemporary (See Top 100 Fantasy - Contemporary Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The Piano Teacher" by Elfriede Jelinek and Joachim Neugroschel to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Piano Teacher"Browse more products related to "Elfriede Jelinek and Joachim Neugroschel"Review"[Elfriede Jelinek] is a brave, bold, savage writer, and her...novel whirls like a tempest in prose. Imagine if "Tropic of Cancer" was written from a woman's point of view, and you can begin to grasp the rawness of emotion on display here." "Sexuality and violence are coupled in this brilliant, uncompromising book set in modern-day Vienna....This novel is not for the weak of heart." "[Elfriede] Jelinek is famous for her seriousness, metaphysical, political, ecological. But she is really a comic writer, like Beckett: a joker in the dark." First lineTHE PIANO TEACHER is the most famous novel by controversial Austrian author and Nobel-Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek. The novel's protagonist Erika Kohut lives a regimented life as a discipline-obsessed piano-teacher. She still lives with her domineering mother--they even share the same bed. But beneath Erika stern exterior lurks a dark swirling vortex of erotic desire and abnormal urges. Her "hobbies" include self-mutilation, visiting peep-shows, and masturbating and cutting herself in the dark outside cars where teenagers have sex. When one of her much-younger students falls in love with her, Erika insists that he participate in brutal sadomasochistic rituals before he can make love to her. Soon a twisted power struggle and love triangle emerges between Erika, her mother, and her young lover. Jelinek's unrelenting prose bristles with ecstasy and horror reminiscent of Thomas Bernhard. Her worldview is savage, nihilistic, deeply pessimistic, yet completely captivating. A film version of THE PIANO TEACHER directed by Michael Haneke and starring Isabelle Huppert won the Cannes Grand Jury Prize in 2001. AnnotationTHE PIANO TEACHER is the most famous novel by controversial Austrian author and Nobel-Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek. The novel's protagonist Erika Kohut lives a regimented life as a discipline-obsessed piano-teacher. She still lives with her domineering mother--they even share the same bed. But beneath Erika's stern exterior lurks a dark swirling vortex of erotic desire and abnormal urges. Her "hobbies" include self-mutilation, visiting peep-shows, and masturbating in the dark near cars filled with teenagers having sex. When one of her much-younger students falls in love with her, Erika insists that he participate in brutal sadomasochistic rituals before he can make love to her. Soon a twisted power struggle and love triangle emerges between Erika, her mother, and her young lover. Jelinek's unrelenting prose bristles with ecstasy and horror reminiscent of Thomas Bernhard. Her worldview is savage, nihilistic, deeply pessimistic, yet completely captivating. A film version of THE PIANO TEACHER directed by Michael Haneke and starring Isabelle Huppert won the Cannes Grand Jury Prize in 2001. If You Enjoy "The Piano Teacher (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Piano Teacher (Paperback)" by Elfriede Jelinek (Author) and ...There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Fantasy - Contemporary Bestsellers
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