The piano teacher /
Elfriede Jelinek ; introduction by Razia Iqbal.
- London : Serpent's Tail, 2016.
- 280 pages ; 20 cm
Translated from the German. This translation originally published: New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988.
Deep 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 trawls the seedy side of contemporary Vienna.