The Piano Teacher

The Piano Teacher
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Publisher : Grove Press
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 0802144616
ISBN-13 : 9780802144614
Rating : 4/5 (614 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Piano Teacher by : Elfriede Jelinek

Download or read book The Piano Teacher written by Elfriede Jelinek and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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