Description
Elfriede Jelinek's acclaimed novel plunges into the suffocating world of Erika Kohut, a repressed piano teacher living under the iron fist of her domineering mother. Trapped in a cycle of emotional and sexual frustration, Erika finds a dangerous escape in a masochistic relationship with a young student. This disturbing narrative explores the dark undercurrents of desire, control, and the devastating consequences of suppressed longing within the confines of Viennese bourgeois society. Jelinek's unflinching prose dissects themes of family dysfunction, the war of the sexes, and the desperate search for liberation.
Available Editions
paperback
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published Jan 1, 1988
280 pages
ISBN: 9781555840525
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Details
First Published
1983
Language
deu
Translation
From: deu
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek.